Region Burma ISO 639-3 clj | Dialects Ekai Glottolog None | |
Native speakers 15,000 Laitu (2007)
3,500 Ekai Language family Sino-Tibetan
(Tibeto-Burman)
Kukish
Southern
Laitu | ||
Laitu (Laitu Chin) is a Kukish language of Burma. It is partially intelligible with Sumtu Chin. In Sittwe District, Rakhine State, Laitu is spoken in Minbya, Mrauk-U, and Myebon townships, and is also spoken in Paletwa township, Chin State.
Ekai (Ekai Chin) is not intelligible, but has been lumped in with the Laitu ISO code because Ekai-speakers generally understand Laitu.
Dialects
Ethnologue lists the following dialects of Laitu. Dialects differ by stream (creek).
References
Laitu language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA