Kaang language
Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Myanmar
| Kaang | |
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| Region | Myanmar |
Native speakers | 35,000 (2020)[1] |
Language family | Sino-Tibetan
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| Language codes | |
| 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.[2]
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Sino-Tibetan branches
(Himachal, Uttarakhand, Nepal, Sikkim)
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(Tibet, Bhutan, Arunachal)
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| Burmo-Qiangic |
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(Arunachal)
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