ZAYEIN

Lahta
Lahta
Native to	Burma
Region	Southern Shan State
Ethnicity	Kayan
Native speakers	20,000 (2000–2017)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan ( Tibeto-Burman) Karenic Sgaw–Bghai Bghai Lahta; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Burmese script
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; kxk – Zayein; kvt – Lahta
Glottolog	zaye1235

Lahta, or Zayein,^[2] is a Karenic language of Burma.

Distribution

Lahta is spoken in:

Zayein Lahta is spoken in between Mobye and Phekon towns in southern Shan State. Zayein may be a dialect of Lahta.

^ Zayein at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
Lahta at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
^ Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
^ Shintani Tadahiko. 2014. The Zayein language. Linguistic survey of Tay cultural area (LSTCA) no. 102. Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA).

Ywar, Naw Hsa Eh. 2013. A Grammar of Kayan Lahta Archived 2018-06-12 at the Wayback Machine. Master’s thesis, Payap University.
Shintani Tadahiko. 2014. The Zayein language. Linguistic survey of Tay cultural area (LSTCA) no. 102. Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA).