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Definition of Kuki-chin
1. Noun. Kamarupan languages spoken in western Burma and Bangladesh and easternmost India.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kuki-chin
Literary usage of Kuki-chin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mikirs: From the Papers of the Late Edward Stack by Edward Stack, Charles James Lyall (1908)
"This practice is common to the Boro languages and to the Kuki-Chin group (as well
as Burmese), but does not appear to be prevalent in the Western Naga group ..."
2. The Meitheis by Thomas Callan Hodson (1908)
"Of its relationship to the numerous dialects composing the Kuki-Chin group, Dr.
Grierson states that it must be held to be an independent member of the ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"We can trace one line through the Xorth Assam group, the Naga, Bodo and Kuki-
Chin groups. Another line can be followed from Tibetan through the Himalayan ..."
4. Census of India, 1901 by India Census Commissioner, Sir Herbert Hope Risley (1902)
"In common with Burmese the Kuki-Chin languages possess what Dr. Grier- son calls
... The Kuki-Chin group has been divided by Dr. Grierson into two principal ..."
5. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1908)
"There is a full section regarding the Meithei language, which belongs to the
Kuki-Chin group of the Tibeto-Burman family ..."
6. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1909)
"Calcutta, 1903. f°. v. 3, pt. 2.) groups. (In: India. Linguistic Survey.
[Publications.] Calcutta, 1903-04. f°. v. 3, pt. 3.) Specimens of the Kuki-Chin and ..."
7. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Their language, which has been studied by missionaries, seems to connect tncm
with the Kuki-Chin stock on the Burmese frontier. See Sir C. Lyall, ..."
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