Jingpo language

Jinghpaw
Kachin
Jinghpaw ga ဂျိန်ဖော့
Pronunciation	tɕiŋ˧˩pʰɔʔ˧˩
Native to	Myanmar, China, India
Region	Kachin State, Yingjiang County
Ethnicity	Jinghpaw
Native speakers	(c. 940,000 cited 1999–2001)[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Sal Jingpho–Luish Jinghpaw
Dialects	Singpho Dzili (Jili)
Writing system	Latin
Official status
Recognised minority language in	China  Myanmar
Language codes
ISO 639-2	kac
ISO 639-3	Variously: kac – Jinghpaw sgp – Singpho tcl – Taman
Glottolog	jing1260
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Jinghpaw (Jinghpaw ga, Jìngphòʔ gà, ဈိာင်ဖေါစ်) or Kachin (Burmese: ကချင်ဘာသာ, [kətɕɪ̀ɰ̃ bàðà]) is a Tibeto-Burman language of the Sal branch spoken primarily in Kachin State, Myanmar; Northeast India; and Yunnan, China. The Jinghpaw (or Kachin) peoples, a confederation of several ethnic groups who live in the Kachin Hills, are the primary speakers of Jinghpaw language,^[2] numbering approximately 625,000 speakers.^[3] The term "Kachin language" may refer to the Jinghpaw language or any of the other languages spoken by the Jinghpaw peoples, such as Lisu, Lashi, Rawang, Zaiwa, Lhawo Vo, and Achang. These languages are from distinct branches of the highest level of the Tibeto-Burman family.

Jinghpaw is written using a modified Latin alphabet; a Burmese alphabet is used by some speakers, but it has largely been phased out. Jinghpaw syllable finals can consist of vowels, nasals, or oral stops.

The Turung of Assam in India speak a Jingpo dialect with many Assamese loanwords, called Singpho, which shares 50% lexical similarity with Jinghpaw.^[4]