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Mün language

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Region
  
Burma

ISO 639-3
  
mwq

Native speakers
  
15,000 (2011)

Glottolog
  
munc1235

Language family
  
Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Kukish Southern Mün

Mün (Mün Chin) is a Kukish language of Burma. It is spoken in Mindat township, Chin State, and Saw and Tilin townships, both in Magway Region (Ethnologue).

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Names

It has gone by the name Chinbok, but this is a regional name of the colonial era applied to neighboring languages as well. Alternate names include Cho, K’cho, K’cho Chin, Mindat, Mün, Müün.

Dialects

There are 2 dialects, namely Hngiyung and Ng’men (also called Hletlong, Hmong-K’cha, Nitu).

References

Mün language Wikipedia