Central Kuki-Chin is a branch of the
Kuki-Chin languages. Central Kuki-Chin languages are spoken primarily in
Mizoram and other parts of
North East India and also in
Hakha Township and
Falam Township
Falam Township ( my, ဖလမ်းမြို့နယ်) is a township of Falam District in the Chin State of Burma (Myanmar). Its administrative seat is the town of Falam. The population, as of 2014, is 41,457 (male:20,350; female: 21,107). ...
of
Chin State,
Myanmar
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...
.
Official use
Mizo Mizo may refer to:
*Mizo people, an ethnic group native to north-eastern India, western Myanmar (Burma) and eastern Bangladesh
*Mizo language, a language spoken by the Mizo people
*Mizoram, a state in Northeast India
*Lusei people, an ethnic group ...
is the
official language of
Mizoram State, India.
Classification
VanBik (2009:23) classifies the Central Kuki-Chin languages as follows.
;Central Kuki-Chin
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Pangkhua?
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Laamtuk Thet (Tawr):
Laamtuk, Ruavaan dialects
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Lai
Lai or LAI may refer to:
Abbreviations
* Austrian Latin America Institute (Österreichisches Lateinamerika-Institut)
* ''Latin American Idol'', TV series
* La Trobe Institute, Melbourne, Australia
* Leaf area index, leaf area of a crop or ve ...
languages
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Hakha
Hakha (, ; formerly rendered Haka) is the capital of Chin State in Myanmar.
Hakha is located in the northeast of Chin State, with a total area of about . The city of Hakha is more than above sea level, founded on a small highland plateau. Althou ...
cluster:
Halkha, Farrawn,
Thantlang, Mi-E,
Zokhua
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Falam cluster:
Bawm, Bualkhaw,
Laizo, Lente,
Khualsim, Khuangli, Sim,
Tlaisun,
Zanniat
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Mizo Mizo may refer to:
*Mizo people, an ethnic group native to north-eastern India, western Myanmar (Burma) and eastern Bangladesh
*Mizo language, a language spoken by the Mizo people
*Mizoram, a state in Northeast India
*Lusei people, an ethnic group ...
languages
**
Mizo Mizo may refer to:
*Mizo people, an ethnic group native to north-eastern India, western Myanmar (Burma) and eastern Bangladesh
*Mizo language, a language spoken by the Mizo people
*Mizoram, a state in Northeast India
*Lusei people, an ethnic group ...
cluster: Fanai,
Hualngo,
Lusei, Khiangte, Renthlei
**
Hmar
Hmar may refer to:
*Hmars or Hmar people
*Hmar language
Hmar language, also known by its endonym Khawsak Ṭawng, belongs to the Kukish branch of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages. The speakers of the language are also known as Hmar. Acc ...
cluster:
Hmar
Hmar may refer to:
*Hmars or Hmar people
*Hmar language
Hmar language, also known by its endonym Khawsak Ṭawng, belongs to the Kukish branch of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages. The speakers of the language are also known as Hmar. Acc ...
,
Biete ,
Hrangkhol ,
Sakachep ,Zote ,Thiek ,
Saihriem(Faihriem) ,etc
VanBik (2009) is unsure about the classification of
Pangkhua, and tentatively places it within Central Kuki-Chin.
Sound changes
VanBik (2009) lists the following
sound change
A sound change, in historical linguistics, is a change in the pronunciation of a language. A sound change can involve the replacement of one speech sound (or, more generally, one phonetic feature value) by a different one (called phonetic chang ...
s from Proto-Kuki-Chin to Proto-Central Chin.
*Proto-Kuki-Chin *k(ʰ)r-, *p(ʰ)r- > Proto-Central Chin *''t(ʰ)r''-
*Proto-Kuki-Chin *k(ʰ)l-, *p(ʰ)l- > Proto-Central Chin *''t(ʰ)l''-
*Proto-Kuki-Chin *y- > Proto-Central Chin *''z''-
See also
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Lai languages
References
*Peterson, David. 2017. "On Kuki-Chin subgrouping." In Picus Sizhi Ding and Jamin Pelkey, eds. ''Sociohistorical linguistics in Southeast Asia: New horizons for Tibeto-Burman studies in honor of David Bradley'', 189-209. Leiden: Brill.
*VanBik, Kenneth. 2009. ''Proto-Kuki-Chin: A Reconstructed Ancestor of the Kuki-Chin Languages''. STEDT Monograph 8. .
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