CHIN, HAKA: a language of Myanmar

The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.

SIL code: CNH

ISO 639-2: sit

Population	100,000 in Myanmar (1991 UBS), including 2,000 Zokhua, 60,100 Lai (1983 estimate). Population total all countries 445,000.
Region	Chin Hills, Haka area. Also spoken in Bangladesh, India.
Alternate names	HAKA, HAKHA, BAUNGSHE
Dialects	LAI, KLANGKLANG (THLANTLANG), ZOKHUA, SHONSHE.
Classification	Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Kuki-Chin-Naga, Kuki-Chin, Central.
Comments	Shonshe may be a separate language. Bible 1978.

Also spoken in:

Bangladesh

Language name	CHIN, HAKA
Alternate names	HAKA, BAUNGSHE
Dialects	LAI, KLANGKLANG (THLANTLANG), ZOKHUA, SHONSHE.
Comments	Shonshe may be a separate language. Bible 1978. See main entry under Myanmar.

India

Language name	CHIN, HAKA
Population	345,000 Lai speakers in India (1996 UBS).
Alternate names	HAKA, BAUNGSHE
Dialects	LAI (LAI PAWI, LAI HAWLH), KLANGKLANG (THLANTLANG), ZOKHUA, SHONSHE.
Comments	Shonshe may be a separate language. Lai Pawi is a Scheduled Tribe in India. Forest. Hills. Agriculturalists: shifting cultivation. Christian. Bible 1978. See main entry under Myanmar.