Nga La language

Matu
Matu
Matupi Chin
Region	Burma, India
Ethnicity	Matupi
Native speakers	70,000 (2012)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Kuki-Chin-Mizo Southern Kuki-Chin-Mizo languages Matu; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	hlt
Glottolog	ngal1291

Matu, also known as Matu Chin (Matupi) is a Kuki-Chin-Mizo language spoken in Matupi township, Chin State, Burma, and also in Mizoram, India by the Matu people. The "Nga La" dialect is the most common used dialect in Matupi and is the official language of Matupi township other than Bamar or Burmese language, which is the official language of Myanmar.

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) (Official Language of Matupi)
Ta'aw (Daihnan, Luivang)
Tuivang (Amsoi-Rawkthang)
Matu Dai (Madu-Weilu)
Weilaung (Kronam-Leishi)
Thaiphum

References

^ Matu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

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).

This Sino-Tibetan languages-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[e18-1] Matu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[1]