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.