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Pangkhua
ISO 639-3: pkh
| Population |
2,500 in Bangladesh (2007). Population total all countries: 2,730. |
| Region |
Rangamati Dustrict. Also in India, Myanmar. |
| Language maps |
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| Alternate names |
Pangkhu, Pankho, Panko, Pankhu |
| Classification |
Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Kuki-Chin-Naga, Kuki-Chin, Central |
| Language use |
Education is in Bengali [ben]. |
| Writing system |
Devanagari script. Latin script. |
| Comments |
Agriculturalists. Christian. |
Also spoken in:
| Language name |
Pankhu |
| Population |
230 in India (1971). |
| Region |
Mizoram, Chhimtuipui, Lunglei districts. 12 villages. |
| Alternate names |
Paang, Pang, Pang Khua, Pangkhu, Pankho, Pankhua, Panko, Pankua |
| Language use |
Also use Mizo [lus], Chin Bawm [bgr], or English. |
| Comments |
Scheduled Tribe. A subgroup of the Mizo [lus]. Agriculturalists. Christian. |
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Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:
Academic Publications
KIM, Amy; ROY, Palash; SANGMA, Mridul, authors. 2011. "The Kuki-Chin Communities of Bangladesh: A Sociolinguistic Survey."