Senthang language

Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Burma

Senthang (Sethang Chin) is a Kuki-Chin-Mizo language of Burma. The Senthang dialects share 79% to 95% lexical similarity.^[2]

Geographical distribution

Senthang is spoken in the following locations (Ethnologue).

• Hakha township, Chin State
• Thantlang township, Chin State (2 villages)
• Gangaw township, Magway Region (15 villages)
• Kalemyo township, Sagaing Region (2 villages)

VanBik (2009:55)^[3] lists the following Senthang villages: Buanlung, Bungluah, Bungzung, Chawncum, Cintlang, Dongva, Dumva, Hausen, Keizuan, Khuapi, Langpho, Leium, Lichia, Lunghau, Lungrang, Lungtar, Phaipha, Phaizawng, Sakta, Sumsi, Surkhua, Zathal, Lungkhin, Dinlaupa, Leipi.

Dialects

Ethnologue lists the following dialects of Senthang.

• Surkhua (Lungrang)
• Sumsi
• Sakta
• Central Senthang (Bungzung, Khuapi, Lei-Um, Phaipha)
• Sonse

References

1. Senthang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. "Myanmar". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-10-10.
3. VanBik, Kenneth. 2009. Proto-Kuki-Chin: A Reconstructed Ancestor of the Kuki-Chin Languages. STEDT Monograph 8. ISBN 0-944613-47-0.

• Ngun, Tin Par. 2016. Agreement and Verb Stem Alternation in Senthang Chin. Masters thesis, Payap University.