Lai languages
Southeast Asian language
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The Lai languages or Pawih/Pawi languages are various 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 around the Haka (Hakha/Halkha) capital of Chin State in Burma (Myanmar) and in the Lawngtlai district of Mizoram, India. In Bangladesh, a related language is spoken by the Bawm people. Other Lai languages are Mi-E (including Khualsim), and the Zokhua dialect of Hakha Lai spoken in Zokhua village.[1]
| Lai | |
|---|---|
| Native to | India, Myanmar, Bangladesh |
| Region | Mizoram, Chin State, Chittagong hills tract |
| Ethnicity | Lai people |
| Speakers | Native: 170,000 (2017)[1] L2: 40,000 (2013)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | cnh |
| Glottolog | laic1236 |
Grammar
Deletion of the final consonant can be observed here in stem II. However, this is irregular as most verbs usually revive or gain a consonant in stem II. This stem is used to indicate the distant future tense, subjunctive mood, cohortative mood, hortative mood, jussive mood and more.[2]
