Kaang | |
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Region | Myanmar |
Native speakers | 35,000 (2020) |
Language family | Sino-Tibetan |
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ISO 639-3 | ckn |
Glottolog | kaan1248 |
Kaang (Kaang Chin; also rendered Kang, M’kaang, Mgan) is a Kuki-Chin language spoken by about 35,000 people in Mindat Township and Matupi Township, Chin State, Myanmar. There are three sub-groups under Kaang, namely Zo Kaang, Puei Kaang, and Cum Kaang. Kaang has 73% to 80% lexical similarity with Welaung, 77% to 79% similarity with Müün Chin, and 67% to 80% with Daai Chin.
References
- Kaang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- "Myanmar". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-10-10.
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Western Himalayas (Himachal, Uttarakhand, Nepal, Sikkim) |
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