ISO 639-3 · zomzom
Sino-Tibetan family
Zou
Zou is a language of the Kuki-Chin branch (Sino-Tibetan), spoken in India and Myanmar. Wikidata counts about 61,000 speakers (2012). Wikidata describes it as “Sino-Tibetan language of Burma and India”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
zom- Glottocode
zouu1235- Family
- Sino-Tibetan
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- Wikipedia
- 12 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
1scripts
3levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Zou |
|---|---|
| Also called | Zou, Jou, Yo, Yos, Zohâm |
| All speakers | 61,000 (2012) |
| Written in | Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Sino-Tibetan to Zou
The branches above Zou, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in India
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