Rungtu language

{{Short description|Kuki-Chin language of Burma}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Rungtu

|altname=Taungtha

|region=Burma

|ethnicity=Taungtha people

|speakers=4,000

|date=2016

|ref=e25

|familycolor=Sino-Tibetan

|fam2=(Tibeto-Burman)

|fam3=Kuki-Chin

|fam4=Southern

|iso3=rtc

|glotto=rung1263

|glottoname=Rungtu Chin

}}

Rungtu (Rungtu Chin), also known as Taungtha ({{langx|my|တောင်သားဘာသာစကား}}), is a moribund Kuki-Chin language of Burma spoken by the Taungtha people. It is spoken in 35 villages in Htilin, Kyaukhtu, and Saw townships, Magway Region.{{Cite web |title=Chin, Rungtu |url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/rtc/ |access-date=2023-04-01 |website=Ethnologue (Free All) |language=en}} There are 3 dialects, namely Northern Rungtu, Central Rungtu, and Southern Rungtu.

The Rungtu dialects share 94%–96% lexical similarity.{{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}} Rungtu shares 60%–66% lexical similarity with Rawngtu Chin.