Khumi language

Khumi
Khumi Chin
Native toBangladesh
EthnicityKhumi people
Native speakers
70,000 (2006–2009)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
cnk – Khumi
cek – Eastern Khumi
Glottologkhum1248  Khumi proper
east2779  Eastern Khumi Chin

Khumi, or Khumi Chin, is a Kuki-Chin-Mizo language of Burma, with some speakers across the border in Bangladesh. Khumi shares 75%–87% lexical similarity with Eastern Khumi, and 78-81% similarity with Mro-Khimi.[2]

  1. ^ Khumi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Eastern Khumi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ "Myanmar". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-10-10. Retrieved 2023-04-01.