Native speakers 64,000 (2001 census) Glottolog pait1244 | Ethnicity Paite ISO 639-3 pck | |
Language family Sino-TibetanKukishNorthernPaite |
Paite is a language spoken by the Paite people. There are different Paite dialects. The language exhibits mutual intelligibility with the other dialects of the region including Thadou, Hmar, Vaiphei, Simte, Kom, Gangte and other languages.
Contents
There are two major dialects of Paite in Manipur, namely Lamjang and Dapjal.
Geographical distribution
Paite is spoken in the following locations (Ethnologue).
Dialects
Ethnologue lists the following dialects of Paite.
References
Paite language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA