Native to China, Burma ISO 639-3 atb | Native speakers 110,000 (1997–1999) Glottolog zaiw1241 | |
Language family Sino-Tibetan
(Tibeto-Burman)
Lolo–Burmese
Burmish
Maruic
Zaiwa | ||
Zaiwa (autonym: tsau˧˩va˥˩; Tsaiwa, Tsaiva, 载瓦) is a language spoken in parts of China and Burma. There are around 100,000 speakers. It is also known as Atsi, its name in Jingpo. Zaiwa is a member of the Burmish languages. Pela (Bola), 400 speakers, was once classified as a dialect.
Distribution
There are more than 70,000 Zaiwa speakers in Yunnan, China, including in:
The Ethnologue lists Bengwa, Longzhun, and Tingzhu as dialects.
References
Zaiwa language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA