Pangkhu language

Pangkhua
Pangkhua
Pangkhu
Native to	Bangladesh
Region	Bilaichari, Jorachari, Barkal, & Baghaichari districts, and parts of Rangamati district.Chamdur valley and Adjacent hills in Lawngtlai district, Tlabung and West Phaileng subdivision.
Native speakers	3,200 in Bangladesh (2012); unknown number in India
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Central Tibeto-Burman (?) Kuki-Chin-Naga Kuki-Chin Central Pangkhua; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	pkh
Glottolog	pank1249
ELP	Pankhu

Pangkhua (Pangkhu), or Paang, is a Kuki-Chin language primarily spoken in Bangladesh. Most speakers of Pangkhu are bilingual in Bengali, and most education in Pangkhu is conducted in that language.

Since there is essentially no literature in Pangkhua, other than oral folk tales and songs, the Pangkhua community members use Lushai literature. There are minimal language differences between Pangkhua, Tlanglau, Falam Chin, Bawm and Mizo^[2]

Dialects[edit]

The dialects of the two main communities that use Pangkhu, Bilaichari and Konglak, share 88% of their basic vocabulary.

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Pangkhua at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Kim, Amy; Roy (2011). "The Kuki-Chin Communities of Bangladesh: A sociolinguistic survey" (PDF). SIL International.

External links[edit]

Endangered Languages Profile for Panghku

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

[2] Kim, Amy; Roy (2011). "The Kuki-Chin Communities of Bangladesh: A sociolinguistic survey" (PDF). SIL International.

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