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Daai language

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Region
  
Burma

Native speakers
  
37,000 (2010)

Glottolog
  
daai1236

Ethnicity
  
Daai Chin

ISO 639-3
  
dao

Language family
  
Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Kukish Southern Daai

Daai (Daai Chin or Dai Chin), which borders the Mün and Ütbü language groups, is a Kukish language of Burma. It is spoken in 142 villages in Kanpetlet, Matupi, Mindat, and Paletwa townships in Chin State, Burma (Ethnologue).

Dialects

Ethnologue lists the following dialects of Daai Chin.

  • Ngxang
  • Nghngilo (Yang)
  • Ma-Tu
  • Shiip
  • Vet (Yet)
  • Daa Yindu
  • Duk-Msang
  • Kheng
  • Mkui

    • References

    Daai language Wikipedia
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