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Nga La language

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Region
  
Burma, India

Native speakers
  
40,000 (2012)

Glottolog
  
hlt

Ethnicity
  
Matupi

ISO 639-3
  
hlt

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

Matu, also known as Matu Chin (Matupi) is a Kukish language spoken in Matupi township, Chin State, Burma, and also in Mizoram, India.

Dialects

Ethnologue lists the following dialects of Matu Chin. Matu of Mizoram, India is reportedly not intelligible with Matu varieties in Myanmar.

  • Ciing (Langle(Tamtlaih)-Ngaleng, Phanaeng, Voitu)
  • Doem (Valang)
  • Nguitu(Leiring)
  • Thlangpang (Changpyang-Ramtuem)
  • Haltu
  • Ngala (Batu-Hnawte)
  • Ta'aw(Daihnan, Luivang)
  • Tuivang(Amsoi-Rawkthang)
  • Matu Dai (Madu-Weilu)
  • Weilaung(Kronam-Leishi)
  • Thaiphum

    • References

    Nga La language Wikipedia
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