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:"Kachin language" redirects here. For other meanings of word "Kachin" see Kachin The Jingpho language (Jinghpaw, Chingp'o) or Kachin language ( , -mykətɕɪ̀ɴ bàðà) is a Tibeto-Burman language mainly spoken in Kachin State, Burma (Myanmar) and Yunnan Province, China. The term Kachin language can refer either to the Jingpho language or to a group of languages spoken by various ethnic groups in the same region as Jingpo: Lisu, Lachit, Rawang, Zaiwa, Lhaovo, Achang (Ngo Chang), and Jingpho. These languages are from distinct branches of the highest level of the Tibeto-Burman family. The ethnic Jingpho (or Kachin) are the primary speakers of Jingpho language, numbering approximately 900,000 speakers. The Turung of Assam in India speak a Jingpho dialect, called Singpho, mixed with Assamese words. The Jingpho language is written with the Latin alphabet. Jingpho has verbal morphology that marks the subject and the direct object. Here is one example (the tonemes are not marked). The verb is 'to be' (rai). Jingpho syllable finals can consist of vowels, nasals, or oral stops. |