Daai (also known as Daai Chin), which borders the
Mün and
Ütbü language groups, is a
Kuki-Chin-Mizo 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 spoken in 142 villages in
Kanpetlet,
Matupi,
Mindat Mindat may refer to:
Places in Burma/Myanmar
* Mindat, Chin State, in Burma
* Mindat Township, in Burma
* Mindat District in Chin State, Burma
Other uses
* Mindat Min, a Burmese prince
*Mindat.org
Mindat.org is a non-commercial online databas ...
, and
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 language ...
townships in
Chin State
Chin State (, ) is a state in western Myanmar. The Chin State is bordered by Sagaing Division and Magway Division to the east, Rakhine State to the south, Bangladesh to the south-west, and the Indian states of Mizoram to the west and Manipu ...
, Burma (''
Ethnologue'').
Mutual intelligibility among Nghngilo (Yang), Daa Yindu, and Mkui groups is high, but is lower among other groups.
Daai has greater than 90% lexical similarity with Daa Yindu, Yang, Mkui, Duk, and Msang, 81%–88% with Ngxang (
Paletwa township
Paletwa Township ( my, ပလက်ဝမြို့နယ်) is a Townships of Myanmar, township of Matupi District in the Chin State of Myanmar. It consists of Paletwa and Sami, Paletwa, Sami towns and Paletwa is the administrative center for t ...
) and Kheng, 80% with Shiip (
Matupi township
Matupi Township ( my, မတူပီမြို့နယ်; also Madupi Township) is a township of Matupi District in the Chin State of Burma (Myanmar). ), 91%–94% with Gah/Ng-Gha (part of Mün), and 81%–87% with Mün.
Dialects
''
Ethnologue'' lists the following dialects of Daai Chin.
*Ngxang
*Nghngilo (Yang)
*Ma-Tu
*Shiip
*Duk-Msang
*Kheng
*Mkuui
Phonology
Consonants
Daai has twenty-four consonant phonemes.
Vowels
Daai has seven vowel phonemes, each with a phonemic length contrast.
Grammar
Daai is an isolating or analytic language. There is no inflectional morphology at the word level; case, number, and tense are marked by clitics.
Examples
References
*Naing Kheng. 2017.
A phonological description of the Mkuui variety of Dai Chin'. Master's Thesis.
*Helga So-Hartmann. 2009.
A Descriptive Grammar of Daai Chin'. The Regents University of California.
Kuki-Chin languages
Languages of Myanmar
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