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Thaiphum
Thaiphum
Region	Burma
Native speakers	1,000 (2005)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Kuki-Chin Southern Thaiphum; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	cth
Glottolog	None

Thaiphum (Thaiphum Chin) is a Southern Kuki-Chin language spoken in 4 villages of Matupi township, Chin State, Burma. Thaiphum is partially intelligible with neighboring languages, such as the Eastern Khumi varieties of Khenlak, Asang, and Rengcaa.^[2] Thaiphum has 72%–75% lexical similarity with Eastern Khumi, 69%–71% with Khumi, 65%–68% with Mro-Khimi, and 66%–71% with Matu Chin.^[2]

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^ Thaiphum at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ ^a ^b "Myanmar". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-10-10.

[e18-1] Thaiphum at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[:0-2] "Myanmar". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-10-10.

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