| Lutuv (Lautu) | |
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| Region | Burma |
Native speakers | 18,000 (2005)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | clt |
| Glottolog | laut1236 |
Lutuv, widely known asLautu Chin, is aKuki-Chin language spoken in 16 villages inMatupi townships,Thantlang townships andHakha townships,Chin State,Myanmar. The Lutuv Chin language share 90%–97%lexical similarity.[2] Lutuv Chin has 87%–94% lexical similarity withMara Chin, 82%–85% withZophe Chin, 80%–86% withSenthang Chin.[2] A written script for Lutuv was created in 1960 by Rev. Fr. Andre Bareights and Michael Mg. Hre Hmung.[3]
TheChin Languages Research Project with Lutuv translator Siy Hne Paa (Sui Hnem Par) have provided translations of ten short books into Lutuv.[4] The Chin Languages Research Project has also a YouTube Channel.[5]
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Lutuv is spoken in the following villages:Hnaring- Hnaring Town, Khyhraw-(Khuahrang), Thaw-aw-(Thang-Aw), Aasaw-(Fanthen), Chuonge-(Surngen)Tyise-(Tisen), Setung-(Sentung), Hrepuv-(Hriangpi), Saata - (Saate), Lungkyi - (Leikang), Lawthuotluo - (Longthantlang), Zingmaa - (Zuamang)Capaw - (Capaw), Pangtie - (Pintia), La-uu- (La-uu), Lyipuv - (Leipi)
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| WesternHimalayas (Himachal, Uttarakhand,Nepal,Sikkim) |
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| Myanmar and Indo- Burmese border |
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| Dubious (possible isolates,Arunachal) |
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