Thor (Thor Chin;
IPA: '), also known as Tawr (Tawr Chin), ''Laamtuk Thet'', or ''Ruavan Thet'',
is a
Kuki-Chin language
The Kuki-Chin languages (also called Kukish or South-Central Tibeto-Burman languages) are a branch of the Sino-Tibetan languages, Sino-Tibetan language family spoken in northeastern India, western Myanmar and southeastern Bangladesh. Most not ...
spoken in two villages of
Hakha Township
Hakha Township () is a township of Hakha District in the Chin State of Burma. It surrounds the city of Hakha, the state capital. It became part of Falam District until Hakha District was formed by the first Chin State Hluttaw emergency meeting N ...
,
Chin State
Chin State (, ) is a state in western Myanmar. Chin State is bordered by Sagaing Division and Magway Division to the east, Rakhine State to the south, the Chattogram Division of Bangladesh to the west, and the Indian states of Mizoram to th ...
, Myanmar.
VanBik (2009:48) proposes the name Laamtuk Thet (from the speakers' autonym ''Thet''), and notes that Thawr is in fact a derogatory exonym that means ‘dirty’ or ‘sour’ in
Hakha
Hakha (, ; formerly rendered Haka) is the capital of Chin State in Myanmar.
Hakha is located in the northeast of Chin State, with a total area of about . The city of Hakha is located on a plateau at more than above sea level. Although relative ...
. It is spoken in Laamtuk and Ruavaan villages, located about 60 miles southeast of
Hakha
Hakha (, ; formerly rendered Haka) is the capital of Chin State in Myanmar.
Hakha is located in the northeast of Chin State, with a total area of about . The city of Hakha is located on a plateau at more than above sea level. Although relative ...
town (VanBik 2009:48).
Background
Thor is spoken by 580 people in two villages about 40 miles southeast of Hakha Town, namely Laamtuk (320 people) and Ruavan (260 people). Speakers often refer to their language as the ''Laamtuk language'' or ''Ruavan language''.
[Mang, Ṭial Khun. 2019. ]
A Phonological and Lexical Comparison of Thor and Hakha
'. M.A. dissertation. Chiang Mai: Payap University.
Other spellings include ''Tawr'', ''Torr'', and ''Thawr''.
Another name is ''Tet'', also spelled ''Thet''.
[Cin, N. (1998). ချင််းတ ောင်တ ောက် သက်လူမျ ်းသမ ိုင််း (''The history of Tet people who lived in the Chin Hill''). M.A. dissertation. Yangon: ]University of Yangon
The University of Yangon (also Yangon University; , ; formerly Rangoon College, University of Rangoon and Rangoon Arts and Sciences University), located in Kamayut, Yangon, is the oldest university in Myanmar's modern education system and the b ...
.
References
{{Languages of Burma
Kuki-Chin languages