Rungtu language

Kuki-Chin language of Burma
Rungtu
Taungtha
RegionBurma
EthnicityTaungtha people
Native speakers
4,000 (2016)[1]
Language family
Sino-Tibetan
  • (Tibeto-Burman)
    • Kuki-Chin
      • Southern
        • Rungtu
Language codes
ISO 639-3rtc
Glottologrung1263  Rungtu Chin

Rungtu (Rungtu Chin), also known as Taungtha (Burmese: တောင်သားဘာသာစကား), is a moribund Kuki-Chin language of Burma spoken by the Taungtha people. It is spoken in 35 villages in Htilin, Kyaukhtu, and Saw townships, Magway Region.[2] There are 3 dialects, namely Northern Rungtu, Central Rungtu, and Southern Rungtu.

The Rungtu dialects share 94%–96% lexical similarity.[3] Rungtu shares 60%–66% lexical similarity with Rawngtu Chin.[3]

References

  1. ^ Rungtu at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ "Chin, Rungtu". Ethnologue (Free All). Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  3. ^ a b "Myanmar". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-10-10.

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