Savaiq language
{{Short description|Waic language of Shan State, Burma}}
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Savaiq is a Waic language spoken in Kunlong Township, Shan State, Burma.
The exact number of Savaiq speakers is unknown, but may possibly be around 10,000.{{harvp|Phyu|2013|page=6}} Savaiq speakers are distributed in Kunlong, Mong Maw, and Lashio townships in Shan State, Burma.
Names
Savaiq means 'swallow (bird)'. Other names for Savaiq include:{{harvp|Phyu|2013|page=3}}
- Ming Yum
- Loi
- Loi Meung Yum
- Khala
- Laca
- Loi Lah
- Leh Nu
- La Leit
Dialects
Dialects are Man Gyat and Thein Tan.{{harvp|Phyu|2013}}
See also
References
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Further reading
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- {{Cite thesis |last=Phyu |first=Myint Myint |title=A Sociolinguistic Survey of Selected Meung Yum and Savaiq Varieties |date=2013 |degree=M.A. |publisher=Payap University |url=http://inter.payap.ac.th/wp-content/uploads/linguistics_students/Myint_Myint_Phyu_Thesis.pdf |language=en |url-status=dead |access-date=2018-06-08 |archive-date=2018-06-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612210944/https://inter.payap.ac.th/wp-content/uploads/linguistics_students/Myint_Myint_Phyu_Thesis.pdf }}
- {{Cite thesis |last=Ping |first=Wendy Phung Wei |title=A Phonological Description of Meung Yum and Phonological Comparison of Meung Yum with Three Wa Dialects in China |date=2013 |degree=M.A. |publisher=Payap University |url=http://inter.payap.ac.th/wp-content/uploads/linguistics_students/Wendy_Phung_Thesis.pdf |language=en |url-status=dead |access-date=2018-06-08 |archive-date=2018-06-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612184608/https://inter.payap.ac.th/wp-content/uploads/linguistics_students/Wendy_Phung_Thesis.pdf }}
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