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Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 17th Edition (2013)
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13,000

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8,000 in Myanmar and 5000 in India. Population total all countries: 13,000.

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2013

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Myanmar and India

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Myanmar: Kachin State, Putao district and Myitkyina area; north Sagaing Region. India: Assam, Lakimpur district, Barkhamti, Barigaon, Deotola, Tunijan, Sribhuyan, Barpathar, and Tipling villages, Dibrugarh District; Arunachal Pradesh, Siang and Lohit districts, Chakham, Memong, Barpathar, Mime, Kheram, M. Pong, and Man Khao villages in Namsai subdivision, and Ningro, Nanam, Inten, Nathaw, Mamareng, Mahang villages in Lohit.

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Myanmar: Kachin State, Putao district and Myitkyina area; north Sagaing Region. India: Assam, Lakimpur district, Barkhamti, Barigaon, Deotola, Tunijan, Sribhuyan, Barpathar, and Tipling villages, Dibrugarh District; Arunachal Pradesh, Siang and Lohit districts, Chakham, Memong, Barpathar, Mime, Kheram, M. Pong, and Man Khao villages in Namsai subdivision, and Ningro, Nanam, Inten, Nathaw, Mamareng, Mahang villages in Lohit.

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Burmese; Jingpho; Assamese

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All speakers of Khamti are bilingual.

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30,000

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About 25,000 speakers in Burma and 5,000 speakers in India

Year of info

2007

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Northwestern Burma; Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, India

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Speakers in India located mainly in the southwest of Lohit District near Tezu but south of the Lohit River, and extending into adjacent areas of Tirap District; also at least eight villages in Lakhimpur District of Assam, including one mixed with Phake.

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Speakers in India located mainly in the southwest of Lohit District near Tezu but south of the Lohit River, and extending into adjacent areas of Tirap District; also at least eight villages in Lakhimpur District of Assam, including one mixed with Phake.

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Language name means 'gold place.'

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2012

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26.452372,96.573531

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Despite the fact that this language may not be critically endangered in all countries, in India its condition is "endangered or threatened."

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