Rungtu language explained

Rungtu
Also Known As:Taungtha
Region:Burma
Ethnicity:Taungtha people
Speakers:4,000
Date:2016
Ref:e25
Familycolor:Sino-Tibetan
Fam2:(Tibeto-Burman)
Fam3:Kuki-Chin
Fam4:Southern
Iso3:rtc
Glotto:rung1263
Glottoname: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.[1] There are 3 dialects, namely Northern Rungtu, Central Rungtu, and Southern Rungtu.

The Rungtu dialects share 94%–96% lexical similarity.[2] Rungtu shares 60%–66% lexical similarity with Rawngtu Chin.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chin, Rungtu . 2023-04-01 . Ethnologue (Free All) . en.
  2. 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.