Laitu (Laitu Chin) is a
Kuki-Chin language of
Burma
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...
. It is partially intelligible with
Sumtu Chin. In
Sittwe District Sittwe District ( my, စစ်တွေခရိုင်) is a district of the Rakhine State in western Myanmar. The capital lies at Sittwe.
Administrative divisions
Sittwe District consists of the following townships:
* Pauktaw Township
* Po ...
,
Rakhine State
Rakhine State (; , , ; formerly known as Arakan State) is a state in Myanmar (Burma). Situated on the western coast, it is bordered by Chin State to the north, Magway Region, Bago Region and Ayeyarwady Region to the east, the Bay of Ben ...
, Laitu is spoken in
Minbya,
Mrauk-U
Mrauk U ( ) is a town in northern Rakhine State, Myanmar. It is the capital of Mrauk-U Township, a subregion of the Mrauk-U District.
Mrauk U is of great cultural importance to the local Rakhine (Arakanese) people, and is the location of man ...
, and
Myebon townships, and is also spoken in
Paletwa
Paletwa (, ) is one of the westernmost towns of Myanmar, in Chin State 18 kilometres from the border with Bangladesh. Its population in 2014 was about 97,000.
Demographics
Rakhine is the Lingua Franca of the region, while Kuki-Chin languages a ...
township,
Chin State.
Dialects
''
Ethnologue'' lists the following dialects of Laitu. Dialects differ by stream (creek).
*Panmyaunggyi Stream (Kongtu)
*Phuntha Stream (Daaitu)
*Kanni Stream
*Yaw Stream
*Dalet Stream (Doitu,
Ekai, Khulai)
References
Kuki-Chin languages
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