Khamti language

Khamti
(တဲး)ၵမ်းတီႈ / (တဲး)ၵံးတီႈ
(Tai) Khamti
RegionBurma, India
EthnicityKhamti people
Native speakers
13,000 (2000–2007)[1]
Kra–Dai
Burmese script
(Khamti variation,
called Lik-Tai)[2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3kht
Glottologkham1290
ELPKhamti
Diorama and wax figures of Khamti people in Jawaharlal Nehru Museum, Itanagar.

The Khamti language is a Southwestern Tai language spoken in Myanmar and India by the Khamti people. It is closely related to, and sometimes considered a dialect of, Shan.

  1. ^ Khamti at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Diller, Anthony (1992). "Tai languages in Assam: Daughters or Ghosts". Papers on Tai Languages, Linguistics and Literatures: 16.