Kuki-Chin language of Chin State, Myanmar and Mizoram, India
Not to be confused with Burmese language or Hakka Chinese.
Hakha Chin
Laiholh
Native to
Myanmar, India, Bangladesh[1]
Ethnicity
Chin
Native speakers
170,000 (2011–2017)[1]
Language family
Sino-Tibetan
Tibeto-Burman
Central Tibeto-Burman (?)
Kuki-Chin-Naga
Kuki-Chin
Central
Lai
Hakha Chin
Writing system
Latin Mon–Burmese
Language codes
ISO 639-3
cnh
Glottolog
haka1240
ELP
Hakha Chin
Hakha Chin, or Laiholh, is a Kuki-Chin language spoken by 446,264 people, mostly in Myanmar.[1] In Mizoram, the language is recognized as Pawi. The total figure includes 2,000 Zokhua and 60,100 Hakha speakers.[1] The speakers are largely concentrated in Chin State in western Myanmar and Mizoram in eastern India, with a small number of speakers in south-eastern Bangladesh.
HakhaChin, or Laiholh, is a Kuki-Chin language spoken by 446,264 people, mostly in Myanmar. In Mizoram, the language is recognized as Pawi. The total...
Hakha (Burmese: ဟားခါးမြို့; MLCTS: ha: hka: mrui., pronounced [hákʰá mjo̰]; formerly rendered Haka) is the capital of Chin State in Myanmar. Hakha is...
population of Chin State is about 488,801 according to the 2014 census, and its capital city is Hakha. The state is named for the Chin people, an ethnic...
and organised in the Chin Joint Defense Committee. The townland and regional divisions of Chinland are as follows: Daai Falam Hakha Hualngo Kanpetlet Lautu...
Hakha Township (Burmese: ဟားခါးမြို့နယ်) is a township of Hakha District in the Chin State of Burma. It surrounds the city of Hakha, the state capital...
mainly inhabit the southern parts of Chin Hills in Myanmar's Chin State, in the townships of Falam, Thantlang and Hakha. They are also found in the Lawngtlai...
most Central Chin languages, especially HakhaChin. The Falam people are primarily Christian and have translated the Bible into Falam Chin. Ethnologue...
through Chin Hills and the Chin Hills Baptist Association was formed in 1907. The Chin Hills Baptist Association comprised Baptists from Falam, Hakha and...
Chin Christian University (CCU) is a Christian university in Hakha, Chin State, Burma. CCU is one of the departments of Chin Association of Christian Communication...
Hakha District is the third district of the Chin State, Union of Myanmar. It was formed in the first Chin State Hluttaw emergency meeting No. 2/2012 on...
they are known as the HakhaChin people. The HakhaChin people do not identify themself as Mizo and prefer the name Lai or Chin. In 1953, India adopted...
The Chinland Defence Force began its armed resistance in Mindat and Hakha, Chin State, on 26 April 2021. On 5 May 2021, the National Unity Government...
located in Hakha, Burma. The most well-known projects and activities undertaken by CACC are revising and updating Laiholh (also known as Hakha-Chin language)...
(Thor Chin; IPA: t̪ʰɔːɹ³³), also known as Tawr (Tawr Chin), Laamtuk Thet, or Ruavan Thet, is a Kuki-Chin language spoken in two villages of Hakha Township...
2022, a Mi-17 helicopter crashed and injured five people on board near Hakha, Chin State. On 11 November 2023, a K-8W trainer aircraft of the Myanmar Air...
same statement, it urged the CNF to prioritise attacks on the Chin State capital of Hakha and warned that the alliance would "fight back" if confrontations...
Central Kuki-Chin-Mizo languages spoken by the Lai people or Pawi. They include “ Laiṭong” (Falam-Chin) spoken in Falam district, Laiholh (Hakha-Chin) spoken...
seat of Tedim Township in Chin State, Myanmar. It is the second largest town in Chin State, after Hakha (the capital city of Chin State). The town's four...
Meghalaya, Manipur, Tripura, and Assam states of India, Sagaing Region and Chin State in Myanmar, and Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh. It is mainly...
Lawngtlai district and is home to the Pawi people, also known as the HakhaChin people in Myanmar. Lawngtlai celebrates a variety of indigenous festivals...
in 1946. In 1953, the Baptist Associations of Tedim, Falam and Hakha in Myanmar's Chin State adopted Zomi ("Zo people") as their "national" name (subsuming...
also the first Secretary of the Hakha Council of Churches in Hakha, the Capital City of Chin State (formerly the Chin Hills). David Van Bik was born on...
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