Lai | |
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"Language" or "Speak" [1] | |
Laiholh | |
Pronunciation | La-i |
Native to | Myanmar, India, Bangladesh[1] |
Region | Chin, Myanmar |
Ethnicity | Chin |
Native speakers | 170,000 (2011–2017)[1] |
Latin | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | cnh |
Glottolog | haka1240 laic1236 |
ELP | Hakha Chin |
Hakha Chin, also known as Lai or Laiholh[a], is a Kuki-Chin language spoken in central Chin State in Myanmar, and Lawngtlai district of Mizoram, India.[1] Hakha Chin-speaking minorities are also found in the Sagaing and Magway Regions of Myanmar,[1] and in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of southeastern Bangladesh by the Bawm minority.
There are over 170,000 speakers of this language.[1]
Hakha Chin is the lingua franca in Thantlang and Hakha townships of Chin State.
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