Laitu
RegionBurma
Speakersaround 15,000
Date2007
Refe18
FamilycolorSino-Tibetan
Fam 2(Tibeto-Burman)
Fam 3Kuki-Chin
Fam 4Southern
Iso 3clj
Glottonone

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.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Myanmar". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-10-10.