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(Redirected from Rongtu) Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Burma
Welaung
Rawngtu Chin
RegionBurma
EthnicityMatupi
Native speakers5,000 (2008)
Language familySino-Tibetan
Language codes
ISO 639-3weu
Glottolog(insufficiently attested or not a distinct language)
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Welaung, also known as Rawngtu Chin, is a purported Kuki-Chin-Mizo languages of Burma. It is spoken in Mindat township, Chin State, as well as in 2 villages of Htilin township, Magway Region.

The Rawngtu dialects, which include Kyonnam, Welaung, Boishi, and Shitwanu, share 90% lexical similarity. The Kyonnam variety is adequately comprehended by most Rawngtu, but not by the Matu, who do not self-identify as Rawngtu. Rawngtu shares 84%–89% lexical similarity with Matupi Daai, 67%–74% with Kaang Chin, 71%–83% with Matu varieties, and less than 70% with Rungtu.

References

  1. Welaung at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ "Myanmar". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-10-10.

See also

Sino-Tibetan branches
Western Himalayas (Himachal,
Uttarakhand, Nepal, Sikkim)
Greater Magaric
Map of Sino-Tibetan languages
Eastern Himalayas
(Tibet, Bhutan, Arunachal)
Myanmar and Indo-
Burmese border
"Naga"
Sal
East and Southeast Asia
Burmo-Qiangic
Dubious (possible
isolates) (Arunachal)
Greater Siangic
Proposed groupings
Proto-languages
Italics indicates single languages that are also considered to be separate branches.
Kuki-Chin–Naga languages
Kuki-Chin
Southern Naga
(Northwestern)
Northern
Central
Maraic
Khomic
Southern
Naga
Ao (Central Naga)
Angami–Pochuri
Tangkhulic
Zemeic (Western Naga)
Meitei
Karbic
Languages of Myanmar
Official languages
Semiofficial language
Indigenous languages
(by state or region)
Chin
Kuki-Chin
Northern
Central
Maraic
Southern
Other
Kachin
Sino-Tibetan
Other
Kayah
Kayin
Magway
Mon
Rakhine
Sagaing
Sal
Other
Shan
Austroasiatic
Sino-Tibetan
Kra–Dai
Hmong–Mien
Tanintharyi
Non-Indigenous
Immigrant language
Working language
Sign languages


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