Shö language

Shö
Shö
Native to	Burma, Bangladesh
Ethnicity	Asho Chin
Native speakers	(50,000 cited 1983–2011); plus an unknown number of Shendu
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Central Tibeto-Burman (?) Kuki-Chin–Naga Kuki-Chin Southern Shö; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously:; cnb – Chinbon Chin; csh – Asho Chin; shl – Shendu
Glottolog	chin1478 Chinbon Chin; asho1236 Asho Chin; shen1247 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.

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