Thadou | |
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Native to | India, Burma |
Ethnicity | Thadou people |
Native speakers
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(270,000 cited 1983 and 2001 censuses) |
Sino-Tibetan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
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Glottolog | thad1238 |
Thadou (Thado, Thaadou, Thado-Ubiphei, Thado-Pao) is a common Kukish language spoken widely in the northeastern part of India and Burma. The Saimar dialect was reported in the Indian press in 2012 to be spoken by only four people in one village in the state of Tripura. The variety spoken in Manipur has partial mutual intelligibility with the other Kukish varieties of the area including Paite, Hmar, Vaiphei, Simte, Kom and Gangte languages.
Thadou is spoken in the following locations (Ethnologue).
Ethnologue lists the following dialects of Thadou. There is high mutual intelligibility among dialects.