Uppu language
| Uppu | |
|---|---|
| Chinbon | |
| Native to | Myanmar |
Native speakers | 44,000 (2017)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | cnb |
| Glottolog | chin1478 |
Uppu or Chinbon Chin is a Southern Kuki-Chin language dialect cluster of Myanmar, Bangladesh and India.
Geographical distribution
[edit]Chinbon (Uppu) is spoken in the following townships of Myanmar.[2]
- Chin State: Kanpetlet and Paletwa townships
- Magway Region: Saw and Sidoktaya townships
- Rakhine State: Minbya township
Mayin and Longpaw have 84–91% intelligibility with the Uppu dialects, and 90% intelligibility with Minkya dialect.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ Uppu at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ↑ Ethnologue
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