Matu Chin language

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Name (Latin)
Matu Chin language
Other forms of name
Matupi language
Nga La language
See Also From tracing topical name
Kuki-Chin languages
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Burma
India
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata: Q12952942
Library of congress: sh2017003941
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: 2017395167: Shintani, T. The Matu language, 2016:foreword (one of the Chin languages mainly spoken in Matupi region in the Chin state of the Tay Cultral Area)
  • Ethnologue, viewed July 14, 2017(Chin, Matu; alternate name: Nga La; a language of Myanmar; spoken in Chin State, Matupi township; classification: Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Sal, Kuki-Chin-Naga, Kuki-Chin, Southern; also spoken in India; alternate names: Matupi; Nga La)
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Wikipedia description:

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. Matu shares 65%–76% lexical similarity with Rawngtu Chin, and 66%–71% with Thaiphum Chin.

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