Ekai language
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
					Kuki-Chin language spoken in Burma
| Ekai | |
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| Region | Burma | 
Native speakers  | 6,000 (2018)[1] | 
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | cey | 
| Glottolog | ekai1234  (retired for Bookkeeping) | 
Ekai (Ekai Chin) is a Kuki-Chin language of Burma. It was formerly classified as a dialect of Laitu due to acquired bilingualism.
References
[edit]- ^ Ekai at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) 
 
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| Western Himalayas (Himachal, Uttarakhand, Nepal, Sikkim)  | 
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