Welaung language

Welaung
Rawngtu Chin
Region Burma
Ethnicity Matupi
Native speakers
5,000 (2008)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 weu
Glottolog (insufficiently attested or not a distinct language)
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Welaung, also known as Rawngtu Chin, is a purported Kukish language of Burma. It is spoken in Mindat township, Chin State, as well as in 2 villages of Htilin township, Magway Region (Ethnologue).

References

  1. Welaung at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Welaung". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


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