Rengmitca language
| Rengmitca | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Bangladesh |
| Region | Chittagong Hill Tracts |
Native speakers | < 30 (2014)[1] |
|
Sino-Tibetan
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
None (mis) |
| Glottolog |
reng1255[2] |
Rengmitca is a highly endangered Kukish language of Bangladesh. It is distinct from the nearby languages of Khumi and Mru. Its position with Kuki-Chin is currently unknown. There are fewer than 30 speakers left as of 2014 (Peterson 2015).
Rengmitca is spoken to the northeast of Alikadam town in the southern Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh.[1]
References
- 1 2 Peterson, David A. 2015. An update on the status of Rengmitca. Paper presented at SoLE-4, Payap University.
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Rengmitca". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Peterson, David A. 2013. "Rengmitca: The most endangered Kuki-Chin language of Bangladesh." In Nathan W. Hill and Thomas Owen-Smith, eds. Trans-Himalayan linguistics: Historical and descriptive linguistics of the Himalayan area, 313-327. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
- Peterson, David A. 2014. The dynamics of Rengmitca's endangerment. Paper presented at SoLE-3, Yunnan Nationalities University.
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