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ISO 639-3 · cdfcdf
Sino-Tibetan family

Chiru

Chiru is a language of the Kuki-Chin branch (Sino-Tibetan), spoken in India.

5 · Developing
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At a glance
ISO 639-3
cdf
Glottocode
chir1283
Wikipedia
7 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
3levels in the tree
5EGIDS level

Facts

NameChiru
Also calledChiru language, Chhori

Vitality

EGIDS 5 Developing5

Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.

Other languages at this level
family tree

From Sino-Tibetan to Chiru

The branches above Chiru, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

289Sino-Tibetanfamily52Kuki-Chin–Nagabranch27Kuki-ChinbranchcdfChirulanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

India395 languages in the index

Also spoken in India

engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalhinHindiIndo-European · 615.3 m1 · NationalfraFrenchIndo-European · 285.4 m0 · InternationalporPortugueseIndo-European · 227.3 m1 · NationalurdUrduunclassified · 162.6 m1 · NationalpanPunjabiunclassified · 125 mSafebenBanglaIndo-European · 106 m1 · NationaltamTamilDravidian · 83 m2 · ProvincialmarMarathiunclassified · 77 m2 · ProvincialbhoBhojpuriIndo-European · 52.2 m4 · Educational