Hakha Chin language

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The Hakha Chin language is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken primarily by the Chin people in and around Hakha in Chin State, Myanmar.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Hakha Chin language canonical 8

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Tibeto-Burman language
language
centeredIn Hakha Township
closelyRelatedTo Falam Chin language
linked to: Chin language

Tedim Chin language
linked to: Tedim language
countryOfOrigin Myanmar
hasAlternativeName Baungshe
Hakha
Lai
Lai Chin
hasConsonantInventory rich
hasDialects Hakha
Hniarlawn
Sakta
Zokhua
hasEthnologueEntry cnh
hasGlottocode hakh1239
hasISO639-3Code cnh
hasLinguasphereCode 70-BAB-d
hasMorphologyType agglutinative
hasPhonologicalFeature tonal
hasRegion western Myanmar
hasScriptOrigin missionary-devised Latin orthography
hasStandardVariety Hakha town variety
hasToneContrast yes
hasVowelLengthContrast yes
hasWordOrder SOV
hasWritingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet
isOfficialMinorityLanguageIn Chin State (de facto in some domains)
linked to: Chin State, Myanmar
languageBranch Tibeto-Burman
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan
languageGroup Kuki-Chin
linked to: Kuki-Chin-Naga
primaryRegion central Chin State
spokenBy Chin people
Hakha Chin people
spokenIn Chin State
Hakha
Myanmar
subfamilyOf Chin languages
linked to: Kuki-Chin languages
subgroupOf Kuki-Chin languages
usedBy Hakha Chin diaspora communities
usedFor Bible translation
usedIn Christian religious services in Chin State
education in Chin State

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kuki-Chin languages hasMember Hakha Chin language
Chin State hasLanguage Hakha Chin language
subject linked to: Chin State, Myanmar
Kuki-Chin group hasMemberLanguage Hakha Chin language
Hakha Chin people language Hakha Chin language
Hakha Chin people nativeNameLanguage Hakha Chin language
Hakha Chin people religiousTextLanguage Hakha Chin language
Hakha Chin people bibleTranslationIn Hakha Chin language
Hakha primaryLanguageSpoken Hakha Chin language