Laitu language

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|region=Burma

|ethnicity=

|speakers=3,0000-40000

|date=2024

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Sino-Tibetan

|fam2=(Tibeto-Burman)

|fam3=Kuki-Chin

|fam4=Southern

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Laitu "လေးတူ" (Letu Chin) is a Kuki-Chin language of Burma. It is partially intelligible with Sumtu Chin. In Sittwe District, Rakhine State, Laitu is spoken in Minbya, Mrauk-U, and Myebon townships, and is also spoken in Paletwa township, Chin State. Laitu has 91-96% lexical similarity with Sumtu Chin and Songlai Chin, 85-89% similarity with Chinbon Chin, and 82-84% lexical similarity with Asho.{{Cite web |date=2016 |title=Myanmar |url=http://www.ethnologue.com/country/MM/languages |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010180533/http://www.ethnologue.com/country/MM/languages |archive-date=2016-10-10 |website=Ethnologue: Languages of the World}}

Dialects

Ethnologue lists the following dialects of Letu. Dialects differ by stream (creek).

Panmyaunggyi Stream (Laitu)
Phuntha Stream (Doitu,Kongtu)
Yangon-Sittwe Asia Highway areas of both Minbya township and Myebon township. (Laitu)

Added by the representative of these two areas.

Sen Stream (Doitu, Kongtu)
Laymro River (Mang Un, Song, and Laitu)

References

Category:Kuki-Chin languages