Simte language

{{Short description|Kuki-Chin language of India}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Simte

|altname=

|nativename=Kuki

|states= India

|region=Manipur

|ethnicity=

|speakers={{sigfig|10200|3}}

|date=2001 census

|ref=[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_Data_Online/Language/partb.htm Distribution of the 100 non-scheduled languages, n° 87 Simte]

|familycolor=Sino-Tibetan

|fam2=(Tibeto-Burman)

|fam3=Kuki-Chin

|fam4=Northeastern

|iso3=smt

|glotto=simt1238

|glottorefname=Simte

}}

{{incubator|code=smt}}

Simte is a Kuki-Chin language of India. It is spoken primarily by the Simte in Northeastern India, who are concentrated in Manipur and adjacent areas of Mizoram and Assam. The dialect spoken in Manipur exhibits partial mutual intelligibility with the other Kuki-Chin dialects of the area including Thadou, Hmar, Vaiphei, Paite, Kom and Gangte.{{cite journal|last1=Singh|first1=Chungkham Yashawanta|title=The linguistic situation in Manipur|journal=Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area|date=1995|volume=18|issue=1|pages=129–134|url=http://sealang.net/sala/archives/pdf8/singh1995linguistic.pdf|access-date=19 June 2014}} It is written in Latin script.