Chin, Rungtu

A language of Myanmar

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Thaungtha

Population

No monolinguals.

Location

Magway Region, Htilin, and Kyaukhtu townships, 25 villages.

Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification

Dialects

Central Rungtu, Northern Rungtu, Southern Rungtu. Lexical similarity: 94%–96% with Rungtu villages, 60%–66% with Rawngtu Chin [weu].

Typology

SOV; negation is marked after the verb

Language Use

Shifting to Burmese [mya]. Only older adults.

Language Resources

Writing

Unwritten.

Other Comments

Buddhist, traditional religion.