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Matu, also known as Matu Chin, Batu, or Nga La, is a Kuki-Chin spoken in Matupi township, Chin State, Myanmar, and also in Mizoram, India by the Matu people. Matu is the most commonly spoken language in Matupi Township outside of Burmese language, which is the official language of Myanmar. The Matu dialects share 78%–89% lexical similarity. [2]
Matupi (Burmese: မတူပီမြို့; MLCTS: ma. tu pi, pronounced [mətùbì mjo̰]) is the principal town of Matupi Township of Chin State in western Myanmar. There are 6 major Chin tribes living in Matupi; the Matu, Mara(Tlosai,Hlaipao, Hawthai,Sizo,etc), Dai, Zotung, Lautuv and Khumi tribes.
A Chin scholar, Lian Uk in 1968, define the term “Chin” and similar names as “people”, further stating that the name “Chinland” means Ourland. Chin people are scattered between three countries, namely India, Burma (Myanmar) and Bangladesh. Some of the Chin live in Rakhine State and most of them are Cumtu, Asho, Kongtu and
The Karbi languages may be closely related to Kuki-Chin, but Thurgood (2003) and van Driem (2011) leave Karbi unclassified within Sino-Tibetan. [4] [5]The Kuki-Chin branches listed below are from VanBik (2009), with the Northwestern branch added from Scott DeLancey, et al. (2015), [6] and the Khomic branch (which has been split off from the Southern branch) from Peterson (2017).
The largest linguistic diversity, however, is in Chin State, where even the tern "Chin" is a Burmese name given to fifty-two named groups with shared similarities. Most, but not all, belong to the Kuki-Chin language family. Many Chin languages are described by place names, such as Tedim, Hakha and Falam. [11] Languages in Chin State. Anu ...
The demographics of Matupi township are very diverse, with many different Chin tribes residing in the area. In the Matupi township, there are 6 major tribes namely Matu, Dai, Zotung, Lautuv, Khumi and Mara (Hlaipao,Tlosai, Hawthai etc.). All these major tribes in the Matu township have their own unique culture and language, which is common in ...
Many unrecognised ethnic groups exist, the largest being the Burmese Chinese and Panthay (who together form 3% of the population), Burmese Indians (who form 2% of the population), Rohingya, Anglo-Burmese and Gurkha. There are no official statistics regarding the population of the latter two groups, although unofficial estimates place around ...
CACC was started in 1988 with the intention of furthering Chin's language and facilitating communication among Laiholh speakers in central Chin State, Burma. [1] The founding members of CACC were Hakha Baptist Association, Thantlang Association of Baptist Churches, Matu Association of Baptist Churches, Matu Baptist Association, Zotung Baptist Association, Chin Baptist Association (Kaleymyo ...