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The Kukis languages, also known as Kuki-Chin (Kuki/Chin), Chin/Kuki/Mizo, or Kuki Naga, are a branch of 50 or so Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in northeastern India, western Burma and eastern Bangladesh. Most speakers of these languages are known as Kukī in Assamese and as Chin in Burmese; some also identify as Lushei. The Mizo people are ethnically distinct. Kukis is sometimes placed under Kuki-Chin–Naga, a geographical rather than linguistic grouping. ==Subclassification== There is general agreement that the Karbi languages are related to, or part of, Kukish, but they are aberrant. However, Thurgood (2003) and van Driem (2011) leave Karbi unclassified within Sino-Tibetan.〔Thurgood, Graham (2003) "A subgrouping of the Sino-Tibetan languages: The interaction between language contact, change, and inheritance." In G. Thurgood and R. LaPolla, eds., ''The Sino-Tibetan languages'', pp. 13–14. London: Routledge, ISBN 978-0-7007-1129-1.〕 The Mru language, once classified as Kukish, is now thought to be closer to Lolo–Burmese. The internal classification of the Kukish languages proper has changed little in a century: *Karbi (Mikir): Karbi, Amri *Kukish * *Central: Mizo (Lushai), Bawm (Banjogi), Hmar, Hakha (Lai Pawi); maybe Ngawn, Tawr, Pangkhua * *Maraic: Mara (Lakher), Zyphe, Senthang, Zotung, Lautu * *Northern: Falam (Hallam, incl. Laizo, Zahao, Chorei), Anaal (Naga), Suantak-Vaiphei, Hrangkhol, Zo (Zou, Zome), Biete (Bete), Paite, Tedim (Tiddim), Thado, Chiru, Gangte, Kom (Kolhreng), Purum (Naga), Simte, Vaiphei; maybe Aimol–Saihriem, Siyin (Sizaang), Lamkang, Chothe (Naga), Kharam (Naga), Moyon (Naga), Ralte * *Southern: Shö (Asho/Khyang, Bualkhaw, Chinbon, Shendu), Khumi (Khumi proper and Khumi Awa), Thaiphum, Daai (Nitu), Mro, Mün, Nga La, Welaung (Rawngtu), Kaang, Laitu, Rungtu, Songlai, Sumtu Bradley (1997) includes Meithei.〔Bradley, David (1997), "Tibeto-Burman languages and classification", in ''Tibeto-Burman languages of the Himalayas'', Papers in South East Asian linguistics 14, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, pp 1–71, ISBN 978-0-85883-456-9.〕 ''Ethnologue'' 16 had included several additional languages in Northern (or in the case of Darlong, Central) Kukish, but the 17th edition leaves them unclassified within Sino-Tibetan. They are: :Darlong, Monsang (Naga), Tarao (Naga), Ranglong, Sakachep. The recently discovered Sorbung language may be a Kukish language, although it could also be a Tangkhul language (Mortenson & Keogh 2011).〔David Mortenson and Jennifer Keogh. 2011. "(Sorbung, an Undocumented Language of Manipur: its Phonology and Place in Tibeto-Burman )", in ''JEALS'' 4, vol 1.〕 Rengmitca is unclassified within Kukish. Anu-Hkongso is sometimes labeled as Chin but is closer to Mru. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kukish languages」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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