Vaiphei is a Sino-Tibetan language belonging to the Zo-Mizo linguistic subbranch of the Tibeto-Burman group of languages.
It is spoken mainly in the Indian state of Manipur and minutely in Mizoram, Assam, Meghalaya, and Tripura.
The dialect spoken in Manipur exhibits a least partial mutual intelligibility with the other Zo-Mizo dialects of the area including Thadou, Hmar, Paite, Simte, Mizo and Gangte languages.
[2] Vaiphei is spoken in more than 30 villages of Lamka District, Southern Manipur (Ethnologue).
There are also speakers in Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Tripura