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For the Anatolian languages spoken throughout the Hittite Empire, Arzawa, and the Syro-Hittite states, see Luwian language.
Luish
Asakian
Geographic distribution
Burma and Bangladesh
Linguistic classification
Sino-Tibetan
Tibeto-Burman
Sal
Jingpho–Luish
Luish
Subdivisions
Sak
Kadu
Ganan
Chakpa †
Glottolog
sakk1239
The Luish, Asakian, or Sak languages are a group of Sino-Tibetan languages belonging to the Sal branch. They are spoken in Burma and Bangladesh, and consist of the Sak, Kadu, and Ganan languages. In recent years, Luish languages have been influenced by Burmese and Chakma.
Although Luish languages are now widely scattered and spoken by relatively small populations, Luce (1985) suggests that the Luish languages were “once spread over the whole north of Burma, from Manipur perhaps to northern Yunnan.”
Matisoff (2013)[1] proposes the name Asakian, since Lui or Loi were used by the Meithei to refer to slaves. Although many speakers of Luish languages refer to themselves as Sak, Cak, or similar variations, speakers of Ganan and Mokhwang Kadu do not refer to themselves as Sak or Asak.[2]
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^Huziwara, Keisuke (2020). "On the Genetic Position of Chakpa Within Luish Languages". Himalayan Linguistics. 19 (2): 44–55. doi:10.5070/H91150999.
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