Vaiphei language

{{Short description|Sino-Tibetan language on India}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}}

{{Use Indian English|date=December 2018}}

{{Infobox language

| name = Vaiphei

| region = India

| ethnicity = Vaiphei / Zo-Mizo

| speakers = {{sigfig|42,700|2}}

| date = 2011 census

| ref = e25

| familycolor = Sino-Tibetan

| fam2 = (Tibeto-Burman)

| fam3 = Zo-Mizo

| fam4 = Northern

| iso3 = vap

| glotto = vaip1239

| glottorefname = Vaiphei

}}

Vaiphei is a Sino-Tibetan language belonging to the Zo-Mizo linguistic subbranch of the Tibeto-Burman group of languages. It is spoken mainly in the Indian state of Manipur and minutely in Mizoram, Assam, Meghalaya, and Tripura. The dialect spoken in Manipur exhibits a least partial mutual intelligibility with the other Zo-Mizo dialects of the area including Thadou, Hmar, Paite, Simte, Mizo and Gangte languages.{{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}}