Nga La language explained

Matu
Nativename:Matupi Chin
Region:Myanmar, India
Ethnicity:Matupi
Speakers:30,000
Date:2012
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Sino-Tibetan
Fam2:Tibeto-Burman
Fam3:Central Tibeto Burman (?)
Fam4:Kuki-Chin-Naga
Fam5:Kuki-Chin
Fam6:Southern
Iso3:hlt
Glotto:ngal1291
Glottorefname:Nga La

Matu, also known as Matu Chin, Batu, or Nga La, is a Kuki-Chin spoken in Matupi township, Chin State, Myanmar, and also in Mizoram, India by the Matu people. Matu is the most commonly spoken language in Matupi Township outside of Burmese language, which is the official language of Myanmar.

The Matu dialects share 78%–89% lexical similarity.[1] Matu shares 65%–76% lexical similarity with Rawngtu Chin, and 66%–71% with Thaiphum Chin.

Dialects

Ethnologue lists the following dialects of Matupi, Chin State. Matu from Mizoram, India is reportedly not intelligible with various tribal ethnicities of Matupi in Myanmar.

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2016 . Myanmar . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161010180533/http://www.ethnologue.com/country/MM/languages . 2016-10-10 . Ethnologue: Languages of the World.