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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Asia > Myanmar > Chin, Haka

Chin, Haka

A language of Myanmar

ISO 639-3: cnh

Population  100,000 in Myanmar (1991 UBS). 2,000 Zokhua, 60,100 Lai (1983). Population total all countries: 131,260.
Region  Chin Hills, Haka area. Also in Bangladesh, India.
Alternate names   Baungshe, Haka, Hakha, Lai
Dialects  Klangklang (Thlantlang), Zokhua, Shonshe. Shonshe may be separate language.
Classification  Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Kuki-Chin-Naga, Kuki-Chin, Central
Language development  Literacy rate lower for older people. Bible: 1978–2005.
Writing system  Latin script.

Also spoken in:

Bangladesh

Language name   Chin, Haka
Population  1,260 in Bangladesh (2000).
Alternate names  Baungshe, Haka, Lai
Dialects  Klangklang (Thlantlang), Zokhua, Shonshe.
Comments  Shonshe may be a separate language.
 

India

Language name   Chin, Haka
Population  30,000 in India (1997 IMA).
Region  Mizoram, Chhimtuipui District, 41 villages, and Aizawi District, Champhai Subdivision, southernmost tip; Assam; Meghalaya.
Alternate names  Baungshe, “Haka” , Lai, Lai Hawlh, Lai Pawi
Dialects  Klangklang (Thlantlang), Zokhua, Shonshe.
Language development  Literacy rate in L2: 54%. Most young people can read in Haka. Taught in primary schools.
Comments  Lai Pawi is a Scheduled Tribe. Speakers in India call themselves Lai. Swidden agriculturalists. Christian.
 

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

BEDELL, George, author. 1997. "Causatives and clause union in Lai (Chin)."  Available online