Mün language
| Mün | |
|---|---|
| Ng’men | |
| Region | Burma |
Native speakers | 15,000 (2011)[1] |
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Sino-Tibetan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
mwq |
| Glottolog |
munc1235[2] |
Mün (Mün Chin) is a Kukish language of Burma. It is spoken in Mindat township, Chin State, and Saw and Tilin townships, both in Magway Region (Ethnologue).
Names
It has gone by the name Chinbok, but this is a regional name of the colonial era applied to neighboring languages as well. Alternate names include Cho, K’cho, K’cho Chin, Mindat, Mün, Müün.
Dialects
There are 2 dialects, namely Hngiyung and Ng’men (also called Hletlong, Hmong-K’cha, Nitu).
References
- ↑ Mün at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Mun Chin". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
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