Ekai language

Kuki-Chin language spoken in Burma
Ekai
RegionBurma
Native speakers
6,000 (2018)[1]
Language family
Sino-Tibetan
  • (Tibeto-Burman)
    • Kuki-Chin
      • Southern
        • Ekai
Language codes
ISO 639-3cey
Glottologekai1234  (retired for Bookkeeping)

Ekai (Ekai Chin) is a Kuki-Chin language of Burma. It was formerly classified as a dialect of Laitu due to acquired bilingualism.

References

  1. ^ Ekai at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
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