| Lautu(Lutuv) | |
| Region: | Burma |
| Speakers: | 18,000 |
| Date: | 2005 |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Sino-Tibetan |
| Fam2: | (Tibeto-Burman) |
| Fam3: | Kuki-Chin |
| Fam4: | Maraic |
| Iso3: | clt |
| Glotto: | laut1236 |
| Glottorefname: | Lautu |
Lautu, widely known as Lautu Chin, is a Kuki-Chin language spoken in 16 villages in Matupi townships, Thantlang townships and Hakha townships, Chin State, Myanmar. The Lautu Chin dialects share 90%–97% lexical similarity.[1] Lautu Chin has 87%–94% lexical similarity with Mara Chin, 82%–85% with Zophe Chin, 80%–86% with Senthang Chin.
The Chin Languages Research Project with Lutuv translator Sui Hnem Par have provided translations of ten short books into Lutuv.[2]
Lutuv is spoken in the following villages: Hnaring, Khuahrang, Thang-aw, Fanthen (Aasaw), Surngen, Tisen, Sentung, Hriangpi (Hrepuv), Sate, Lekang, Lawngthangtlang, Zuamang, Capaw, Pintia, La-u, and Lei Pi (Li Puv).