Nga La language
Appearance
Nga La | |
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Matu Chin | |
Region | Burma, India |
Ethnicity | Matupi |
Native speakers | 40,000 (2012)[1] |
Sino-Tibetan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | hlt |
Glottolog | ngal1291 |
Nga La, also known as Matu Chin (Matupi) and Haltu, is a Kukish language spoken in Matupi township, Chin State, Burma, and also in Mizoram, India.
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, Phaneng, Siing, Vuitu)
- Doem (Ngatu, Valang)
- Langle-Tamtlaih
- Ngaleng
- Phaneng
- Thlangpang (Changpyang)
- Ngala (Batu)
References
- ^ Nga La at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)