Khumi language
Khumi, or Khumi Chin, is a Kuki-Chin-Mizo language of Burma, with some across the border in Bangladesh.Khumi proper is spoken in the following townships of Myanmar.
Eastern Khumi is spoken in the following townships of Myanmar.
- Matupi township, Chin State
- Sami subtownship, Paletwa township, Chin State
Dialects
Ethnologue lists the following dialects.
- Khumi
- *Pi Chaung
- *Kaladan
- *Eastern Kaladan
- *Southern Paletwa
- Eastern Khumi
- *Nisay
- *Nideun
- *Lemi
- *Khongtu
- *Likhy
- *Rengcaa
- *Khenlak
- *Asang
The Kasang consider themselves as ethnic Hkongso, but their language is intelligible with Khumi rather than Anu or Hkongso. Kasang villages include Lamoitong and Tuirong.