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Laitu language

Laitu is a Kuki-Chin language of Burma. It is partially intelligible with Sumtu Chin. In Sittwe District, Rakhine State, Laitu is spoken in Minbya, and Myebon townships. 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.

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Laitu
RegionBurma
Native speakers
around 15,000 (2007)1
Language codes
ISO 639-3clj
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Laitu is a Kuki-Chin language of Burma. It is partially intelligible with Sumtu Chin. In Sittwe District, Rakhine State, Laitu is spoken in Minbya, and Myebon townships. 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.2

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  1. Laitu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. "Myanmar". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-10-10.