Nga La language
| Matu | |
|---|---|
| Matupi Chin | |
| Region | Burma, India |
| Ethnicity | Matupi |
Native speakers | 40,000 (2012)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
hlt |
| Glottolog |
hlt[2] |
Matu, also known as Matu Chin (Matupi) is a Kuki-Chin 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
- ↑ Matu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Matu". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Shintani Tadahiko. 2016. The Matu language. Linguistic survey of Tay cultural area (LSTCA) no. 110. Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA).
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