| Thor Chin | |
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| Tawr Chin | |
| Laamtuk Thet Ruavan Thet | |
| Region | Myanmar |
| Ethnicity | Chin |
Native speakers | 580 (2019)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | tcp |
| Glottolog | tawr1235 |
Thor (Thor Chin;IPA:t̪ʰɔːɹ³³), also known asTawr (Tawr Chin),Laamtuk Thet, orRuavan Thet,[1] is aKuki-Chin language spoken in two villages ofHakha Township,Chin State, Myanmar.
VanBik (2009:48) proposes the nameLaamtuk Thet (from the speakers' autonymThet), and notes thatThawr is in fact a derogatory exonym that means ‘dirty’ or ‘sour’ inHakha. It is spoken in Laamtuk and Ruavaan villages, located about 60 miles southeast ofHakha town (VanBik 2009:48).[2]
Thor is spoken by 580 people in two villages about 40 miles southeast of Hakha Town, namely Laamtuk (320 people) and Ruavan (260 people). Speakers often refer to their language as theLaamtuk language orRuavan language.[1]
Other spellings includeTawr,Torr, andThawr.[1] Another name isTet, also spelledThet.[3]
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| WesternHimalayas (Himachal, Uttarakhand,Nepal,Sikkim) |
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| EasternHimalayas (Tibet,Bhutan,Arunachal) | |||||
| Myanmar and Indo- Burmese border |
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| East andSoutheast Asia |
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| Dubious (possible isolates,Arunachal) |
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