Songlai language explained

Songlai
Also Known As:	Hio
Region:	Burma
Speakers:	7,300
Date:	2012
Ref:	e18
Familycolor:	Sino-Tibetan
Fam2:	(Tibeto-Burman)
Fam3:	Kuki-Chin
Fam4:	Southern
Iso3:	csj
Glotto:	none

Songlai (Songlai Chin) is a Kuki-Chin language of Burma. It is 90% lexically similar to Laitu Chin, but not mutually intelligible.^[1] Dialects are Doitu, Hettui, Mang Um (Song), and Lai.

Geographical distribution

Songlai is spoken along the Laymyo (Lemro) or Phunglaung river in the following townships of western Burma (Ethnologue).

• Paletwa township, Chin State (Mang Um, Doitu, and Hiattui dialects)
• Mrauk-U township, Rakhine State (Lai dialect)

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.