Falam Language
Falam Chin (also known as Lai) is a Kuki-Chin language in Falam Township, Chin State, Myanmar, and also in Mizoram, India. Falam Chin is closely related to most Central Chin languages, especially Hakha Chin. The Falam people are primarily Christian and have translated the Bible into Falam Chin. Dialects '' Ethnologue'' lists the following dialects of Falam. *Tlaisun (Shunkla, Sunkhla, Taishon, Tashom, Tashon) *Laizo (Laiso, Laizao, Laizo-Shimhrin) *Zahao (Lyen-Lyem, JaHau Yahow, Zahau, Zahau-Shimhrin, Za-How) *Sim Falam was a village name founded by the Tlaisun (also known as Tashon in English) tribe and Tashon was the original language spoken in Falam. Falam grew in population from the surrounding tribes from Sunthla (also recorded as Sunkhla), Sim and Zahau (also recorded as Zahao) that created a new language based on these three tribes which is very different from the Tlaisun language and this language was later popularly known as Laizo. Laizo was recorded as the first lang ...
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