Pangkhua (Pangkhu), or Paang, is a
Kuki-Chin language
The Kuki-Chin languages (also called Kuki-Chin-Mizo, Kukish or South-Central Tibeto-Burman languages) are a branch of 50 or so Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in northeastern India, western Myanmar and southeastern Bangladesh. Most speakers of the ...
primarily spoken in
Bangladesh
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. Most speakers of Pangkhu are bilingual in
Bengali
Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to:
*something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia
* Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region
* Bengali language, the language they speak
** Bengali alphabet, the ...
, and most education in Pangkhu is conducted in that language.
Since there is essentially no literature in Pangkhua, other than oral folk tales and songs, the Pangkhua community members use
Lushai literature. There are minimal language differences between Pangkhua, Tlanglau,
Falam Chin,
Bawm and
Mizo Mizo may refer to:
*Mizo people, an ethnic group native to north-eastern India, western Myanmar (Burma) and eastern Bangladesh
*Mizo language, a language spoken by the Mizo people
*Mizoram, a state in Northeast India
*Lusei people, an ethnic group ...
Dialects
The dialects of the two main communities that use Pangkhu, Bilaichari and Konglak, share 88% of their basic vocabulary.
References
External links
Endangered Languages Profile for Panghku
Kuki-Chin languages
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