Lahta language: Difference between revisions

Lahta (Kayăn)
Lahta (Kayăn)
Native to	Burma
Region	Southern Shan State
Ethnicity	Kayan
Native speakers	13,500 (2010)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Karenic Sgaw–Bghai Bghai Lahta (Kayăn); ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Burmese script
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; kxk – Zayein; kvt – Lahta
Glottolog	zaye1235

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Lahta, or Zayein,^[2] is a Karenic language of Burma.

Lahta is spoken in:

Zayein is spoken in between Mobye and Phekon towns in southern Shan State. Zayein may be a dialect of Lahta.

^ Zayein at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
^ Shintani Tadahiko. 2014. The Zayein language. Linguistic survey of Tay cultural area (LSTCA) no. 102. Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA).

Ywar, Naw Hsa Eh. 2013. A Grammar of Kayan Lahta. Master’s thesis, Payap University.
Shintani Tadahiko. 2014. The Zayein language. Linguistic survey of Tay cultural area (LSTCA) no. 102. Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA).

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