Chin, Rungtu

RTC

threatened

Alternate Names: Thaungtha

Dialects: Central Rungtu, Northern Rungtu, Southern Rungtu. Lexical similarity: 94%–96% within Rungtu, 60%–66% with Rawngtu Chin ,.

Genealogy:

Sino-Tibetan
Tibeto-Burman
Sal
Kuki-Chin-Naga
Kuki-Chin
Southern

Demographics: 0 monolinguals.

Language Use: Shifting to Burmese [mya]. Only older adults.

Typology: SOV; negation is marked after the verb.

Writing System: Unwritten

Nation of Origin: Myanmar

Other Comments: Buddhist, traditional religion.