Songlai language
{{Short description|Kuki-Chin language spoken in Burma}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Songlai
|altname=Hio
|region=Burma
|ethnicity=
|speakers=7,300
|date=2012
|ref=e18
|familycolor=Sino-Tibetan
|fam2=(Tibeto-Burman)
|fam3=Kuki-Chin
|fam4=Southern
|iso3=csj
|glotto=none
}}
Songlai (Songlai Chin) is a Kuki-Chin language of Burma. It is 90% lexically similar to Laitu Chin, but not mutually intelligible.{{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 are Doitu, Hettui, Mang Um (Song), and Lai.
Geographical distribution
Songlai is spoken along the Laymyo (Lemro) or Phunglaung river in the following townships of western Burma (Ethnologue).
- Paletwa township, Chin State (Mang Um, Doitu, and Hiattui dialects)
- Mrauk-U township, Rakhine State (Lai dialect)
References
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{{Sino-Tibetan languages}}
{{Kuki-Chin–Naga languages}}
{{Languages of Burma}}
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