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Thadou language

Thadou, Kuki, or Thado Chin is a Sino-Tibetan language of the Northern Kuki-Chin sub-branch. It is spoken by the Thadou people in Northeast India (specifically in Manipur and Assam).[2] The speakers of this language use Meitei language as their second language (L2) according to the Ethnologue.[3]

"Kuki language" redirects here. Not to be confused with Kuki language (Nigeria).

Thadou–Kuki

India

Manipur

Kuki people, natively to the Thadou tribe.

350,000 (2011–2017)[1]

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Thado Chin

The language is known by many names, including Thado, Thado-Pao, Thado-Ubiphei, Thādo, Thaadou Kuki, or just Kuki or Chin.


There are several dialects of this language: Hangshing, Khongsai, Kipgen, Saimar, Langiung, Sairang, Thangngeo, Haokip, Sitlhou, Singson (Shingsol).[1] The Saimar dialect was reported in the Indian press in 2012 to be spoken by only four people in one village in the state of Tripura.[4] The variety spoken in Manipur has partial mutual intelligibility with the other Mizo-Kuki-Chin languages varieties of the area including Paite, Hmar, Vaiphei, Simte, Kom and Gangte languages.[5]

Northeast India

Manipur

Thadou is spoken in the following locations (Ethnologue).

/p t k/ are heard unreleased as [p̚ t̚ k̚] in word-final position.

// is heard as more apical [ts̺] when occurring before front and central vowels.

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// can have a cognate of an aspirated velar plosive [kʰ] in the dialect spoken in Burma.

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// can have an allophone of [l̥] in word-medial position.[7]

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Did you know Thado Chin is severely endangered? (n.d.). Retrieved 10 March 2017, from

http://www.endangeredlanguages.com/lang/5702

Haokip, P. (2011). Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area. THE LANGUAGES OF MANIPUR: A CASE STUDY OF THE KUKI-CHIN-MIZO LANGUAGES*, 34.1 (April), 85-118. Retrieved 9 March 2017, from

https://dx.doi.org/10.15144/LTBA-34.1.85

History. (n.d.). Retrieved 9 March 2017, from

http://thethadou.webs.com/history.htm

"Thadou." Encyclopedia of World Cultures. . Retrieved 3 May 2017 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/humanities/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/thadou

Thado Chin. (n.d.). Retrieved 10 March 2017, from

http://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/thad1238

Thado Chin Rosary Prayers. (n.d.). Retrieved 7 March 2017, from

http://www.marysrosaries.com/Chin_Thado_prayers.html

Thadou Kuki language. (n.d.). Retrieved 10 March 2017, from

https://globalrecordings.net/en/language/759

The Thadou (or Thado). (n.d.). Retrieved 9 March 2017, from

http://www.myanmarburma.com/attraction/174/the-thadou-or-thado

Where on earth do they speak Chin, Thado? (n.d.). Retrieved 10 March 2017, from

http://www.verbix.com/maps/language/ChinThado.html

St George International Ltd. (n.d.). Retrieved 4 May 2017, from http://www.stgeorges.co.uk/blog/learn-english/how-many-people-in-the-world-speak-english