Pangkhua (Pangkhu), or Paang, is a
Kuki-Chin language
The Kuki-Chin languages (also called Kuki-Chin-Mizo, Kukish or South-Central Tibeto-Burman languages) are a branch of 50 or so Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in northeastern India, western Myanmar and southeastern Bangladesh. Most speakers of the ...
primarily spoken in
Bangladesh
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. Most speakers of Pangkhu are bilingual in
Bengali
Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to:
*something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia
* Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region
* Bengali language, the language they speak
** Bengali alphabet, the w ...
, 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
Falam Chin, or Lai (Falam Chin), is a Kuki-Chin language in Falam township, Chin State, Myanmar, and also in Mizoram, India.
Falam Chin is closely related to most Central Chin languages, especially Hakha Chin.
The Falam people are primarily Ch ...
,
Bawm and
Mizo
Dialects
The dialects of the two main communities that use Pangkhu, Bilaichari and Konglak, share 88% of their basic vocabulary.
References
External links
Endangered Languages Profile for Panghku
Kuki-Chin languages
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