Shö language
| Shö | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Burma, Bangladesh |
| Ethnicity | Asho Chin |
Native speakers | (50,000 cited 1983–2011) plus an unknown number of Shendu |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:cnb – Chinbon Chincsh – Asho Chinshl – Shendu |
| Glottolog | chin1478 Chinbon Chinasho1236 Asho Chinshen1247 Shendu |
Shö is a Kuki-Chin language dialect cluster of Burma and Bangladesh. There are perhaps three distinct dialects, Asho (Khyang), Chinbon, and Shendu.
Mayin and Longpaw are not mutually intelligible, but have been subsumed under the ISO code for Chinbon because Mayin-Longpaw speakers generally understand Chinbon. Minkya is similarly included because most Minkya speakers understand Mayin. A written script was developed by Rev. Lyman Stilson in 1842.