Nga La language

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Matu
Matupi Chin
RegionBurma, India
EthnicityMatupi
Native speakers
40,000 (2012)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3hlt
Glottologhlt

Matu, also known as Matu Chin (Matupi) is a Kuki-Chin 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, Phanaeng, Voitu)
  • Doem (Valang)
  • Nguitu(Leiring)
  • Thlangpang (Changpyang-Ramtuem)
  • Haltu
  • Ngala (Batu-Hnawte)
  • Ta'aw(Daihnan, Luivang)
  • Tuivang(Amsoi-Rawkthang)
  • Matu Dai (Madu-Weilu)
  • Weilaung(Kronam-Leishi)
  • Thaiphum

References

  1. ^ 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).


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