Central Kuki-Chin languages
Branch of the Kuki-Chin languages
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Central Kuki-Chin is a branch of the Kuki-Chin languages. Central Kuki-Chin languages are spoken primarily in Mizoram, India and in Hakha Township and Falam Township of Chin State, Myanmar.
Geographic
distributionMyanmar and Northeast India
distributionMyanmar and Northeast India
| Central Kuki-Chin | |
|---|---|
| Central Chin | |
| Geographic distribution | Myanmar and Northeast India |
| Ethnicity | Mizo and Chin |
| Linguistic classification | Sino-Tibetan
|
| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | cent2330 (Central Kuki-Chin) |
Official use
Mizo is the official language of Mizoram State, India.
Classification
Sound changes
VanBik (2009) lists the following sound changes from Proto-Kuki-Chin to Proto-Central Chin.
- Proto-Kuki-Chin *k(ʰ)r-, *p(ʰ)r- > Proto-Central Chin *t(ʰ)r-
- Proto-Kuki-Chin *k(ʰ)l-, *p(ʰ)l- > Proto-Central Chin *t(ʰ)l-
- Proto-Kuki-Chin *y- > Proto-Central Chin *z-