Paite Chin in India

2. Status

Status

Official country wide language
Official regional language
Official minority language
Recognised community language
Unrecognised community language

National language

No

Indigenous language

Yes

Administrative units of the country

NER

3. State

Documentation: materials

Written

Digital

Yes

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Video

Extended corpora
Annotated corpora
Corpus/corpora
Materials/corpus
Some materials
No materials

Digital

Yes

Comments

Documentation of Paite culture, dances, language, etc are available in YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPHTgAOhs3I&pp=ygUUUGFpdGUgdHJpYmUgY3VsdHVyZSA%3D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcasIr52lUo&pp=ygUUUGFpdGUgdHJpYmUgY3VsdHVyZSA%3D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPPrpTI5cAg&pp=ygUUUGFpdGUgdHJpYmUgY3VsdHVyZSA%3D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4Zr0H3BKbE&pp=ygUUUGFpdGUgdHJpYmUgY3VsdHVyZSA%3D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xh9aaVyFLiw&pp=ygUUUGFpdGUgdHJpYmUgY3VsdHVyZSA%3D
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Paite+tribe+ culture+
https://www.jesusfilm.org/watch/jesus.html/chin-paite.html
http://www.inspirationalfilms.com/audio/the_story_of_jesus_chin_paite_84056.mp3
https://globalrecordings.net/en/language/pck

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Audio

Extended corpora
Annotated corpora
Corpus/corpora
Materials/corpus
Some materials
No materials

Digital

Yes

Comments

https://lai.ciil.org/items/a5c23a40-5712-4a5d-a6e0-2bc59792aae0
https://lai.ciil.org/items/1e979442-807b-435d-87c7-404628300085
https://lai.ciil.org/items/05a2b112-b0cc-4a61-928c-ca7ff187544d
https://lai.ciil.org/search?spc.page=1&query=Paite%20language&spc.sf=score&spc.sd=DESC
https://globalrecordings.net/en/program/3071
https://globalrecordings.net/en/program/15381
https://api.globalrecordings.net/files/language/mp3/752.zip
https://api.globalrecordings.net/files/language/mp4/752.zip
https://globalrecordings.net/en/language/pck

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Documentation: descriptions

Elaborated dictionaries, grammars, statistical language models, etc.
Dictionaries and grammars
Dictionary and grammar
Glossary and descriptions
Few descriptions
No descriptions

Digital

Yes

Comments

1. Singh, Naorem Saratchandra. 1985. A descriptive grammar of Paite. (Doctoral dissertation, Canchipur: Manipur University; 360pp.)
2. Saratchandra Singh, Naorem. 2006. A Grammar of Paite. New Delhi: Mittal Publications. xxi+204pp. (Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-204) and index).
3. Kamkhenthang, H. 1972. English-Paite dictionary. Churachandpur, Manipur, India: I.C.I. Printing Press. 424pp.
4. Devi, Yumnan Satyabati. 2010. A comparative phonology of Hmar, Paite and Vaiphei. (Doctoral dissertation, Canchipur: Manipur University; 271pp.)
5. Grierson, George A. 1995. Paite. In Grierson, George A. (ed.), Languages of North-Eastern India. A survey. Vol. 2, 575-579.
https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/pait1244
6. Paite Literature Society Policy, 1982-1988, Churachandpur, 1989
7. Paite/Tedim Pau a Laibu Neihzah Suina (Lists of Printed Books in Paite/Tedim), Lamka, 1992.
8. Paite Zoumite Laipau (Paite Zoumi Literature), New Lamka, 1999
9. Paite Laipau Tangthu (History of Paite Literature), Lamka, n.d
https://www.academia.edu/34934290/HISTORY_OF_PAITE_LITERATURE
10. Some Aspects of Paite (Tedim Chin) Syntax
https://lai.ciil.org/handle/1/11482
11. Muana, T K., 1990. Nominal phrase in Paite and English A contrastive study, Department of English, Manipur University.
https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/simple-search?location=%2F&query=Paite+language&rpp=10&sort_by=score&order=desc

Standardization

Modern standard language
Young standard language
Standardised language
Quasi-standard language
Semi-standardised language
Un-standardised language

Graphisation & script encoding

Standardised writing system with full script encoding
Conventionalised writing system with partial script encoding
Consistent writing system with no script encoding
Unsystematic writing system(s)
Limited written use
No written use

Comments

Paite Chin written with Latin script

4. Users

Geographical distribution

Users live and dominate in all regions of the country
Users live in one [state/...] of the country
Users live in a cross-border region [state/...] of the country
Users live in separated [states/...] of the country
Users live dispersed across one [state/...] of the country
Users live scattered all over the country

Settlements

Rural
Urban

Administrative units of the country

MANIPUR

Size / Number of users

Number of users

79507

Source

Census of India

Year

2011

Users within total population

Age distribution of users

Educational attainment

Occupational qualifications

Language competence

Literacy of users

Digital use

5. Use

Socio-geographic dimension

Geographic scope

International
Supranational
Cross-border (states)
State-wide
Supra-regional cross-border
Supra-regional
Regional cross-border
Regional
Local

Source

https://langlex.com/cens/MTProfile.php?mtname=Paite

Economic dimension

Functional dimension

Functional use in administration

Language use in administration

International level
National level
Regional level
Local level
Auxiliary use
No use

Types of language use

signed / spoken use
written use
digital use

Ethnoculture

No use
Informal learning
Skills and knowledge
Performing arts
Social practices
Customary law
Traditional medicine
Knowledge and practices
Traditions and expressions

Formal Education

Early childhood education

Primary level

Lower secondary level

Higher secondary level

Tertiary level

Public healthcare

Information, communication and cultural production

Information services
Broadcasting
Video, film
Sound/music recording
Publishing activities
Language not used

Information services
Broadcasting
Video, film
Sound/music recording
Publishing activities
Language not used

Information services
Broadcasting
Video, film
Sound/music recording
Publishing activities
Language not used

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