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Saihriem language
Sino-Tibetan language spoken in India From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Saihriem (Faihriem, Syriem) language is spoken by a mixture of the Saihriem/Faihriem people- a sub tribe of Hmar group of tribes of the Chin-Kuki-Mizo and other ethnically closely related people such as the Aimol, Kuki, Vaiphei, in four neighbouring villages (Noxatilla, Bagbahar, Balisor, Nagathol & Saihriemkhuo villages) around Dwarbond in Bojalenga Block of Cachar District, Assam.
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It is critically endangered, with the people who still speak the language numbering a few hundreds only. It was recorded wrongly as Sairang in the Census of India, 1901 and there were mere 71 speakers of the language at that time. It belongs to the Kuki-Chin branch of the Tibeto-Burman family of languages.[1]
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Basic vocabulary
Numbers
| 0 | Biel |
| 1 | Inkhat |
| 2 | Phahni |
| 3 | Inthum |
| 4 | Inli |
| 5 | Ringa |
| 6 | Kiruk |
| 7 | Sari |
| 8 | Kiriet |
| 9 | Kuo |
| 10 | Sawm |
| 20 | Sawmhni |
| 30 | Sawmthum |
| 40 | Sawmli |
| 50 | Sawmnga |
| 60 | Sawmruk |
| 70 | Somsari |
| 80 | Sawmriet |
| 90 | Sawmkuo |
| 100 | Zakhat |
| 200 | Zahni |
| 300 | Zathum |
| 400 | Zali |
| 500 | Zanga |
| 600 | Zaruk |
| 700 | Zasari |
| 800 | Zariet |
| 900 | Zakuo |
| 1000 | Sângkhat |
| 10000 | Sîngkhat |
| 100000 | Nuoikhat |
| 1000000 | Maktaduoi |
| 10000000 | Vaibelsie |
| 100000000 | Vaibelsietak |
| 1000000000 | Tlukledingawn |
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