Lai Holh

Hakha Chin

Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman, Kuki-Chin, Central)

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Hakha Chin (Lai Holh) is the prestige and de facto lingua franca variety of the Chin (Kuki-Chin) languages, centred on Hakha town in Chin State, Myanmar. It serves as the cross-clan communication medium for ~50 distinct Chin-related communities. Tonal with three contrastive tones, complex verbal morphology including direct/inverse alignment. Notable for the large Chin refugee diaspora in Indianapolis (~25K) and Tulsa (~15K) following political persecution in Myanmar from the 1990s onward.

Inakozungumzwa

Maneno 20 ya msingi katika Hakha Chin

Maji

ti

/ti/

Moto

mei

/mei/

Jua

ni

/ni/

Mwezi

thla

/tʰla/

Mama

nu

/nu/

Baba

pa

/pa/

Kula

ei

/ei/

Kunywa

din

/din/

Upendo

daw

/daw/

Moyo

lung

/luŋ/

Mti

thingkung

/tʰiŋkuŋ/

Nyumba

inn

/in/

Mbwa

ui

/ui/

Paka

minu

/minu/

Mkono

kut

/kut/

Jicho

mit

/mit/

Habari

na dam maw

/na dam maw/

Asante

ka lawm

/ka lawm/

Moja

pakhat

/pakʰat/

Nzuri

tha

/tʰa/

Vyanzo

Ulinganishaji wa maneno

Imelinganishwa na lugha za Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman, Kuki-Chin, Central) zinazohusiana

Maana Hakha ChinKimizoKimeiteiKinaga cha TangkhulKinaga cha ZemeKidzongkhaKiiban
Maji ti /ti/ tui /tui/ ꯏꯁꯤꯡ /isiŋ/ ze /ze/ nki /nki/ ཆུ /tɕʰu/ ai /ai/
Moto mei /mei/ mei /mei/ ꯃꯩ /mei/ mei /mei/ mei /mei/ མེ /me/ api /api/
Jua ni /ni/ ni /ni/ ꯅꯨꯃꯤꯠ /numit/ nyithui /ɲitʰui/ sʰeu /sʰeu/ ཉི་མ /ɲima/ mata-ari /mataari/
Mwezi thla /tʰla/ thla /tʰla/ ꯊꯥ /tʰaː/ lai /lai/ kʰu /kʰu/ ཟླ་བ /dawa/ bulan /bulan/
Mama nu /nu/ nu /nu/ ꯏꯃꯥ /ima/ ina /ina/ nem /nem/ ཨ་མ /ama/ indai /indai/
Baba pa /pa/ pa /pa/ ꯏꯄꯥ /ipa/ apa /apa/ ape /ape/ ཨ་པ /apa/ apai /apai/
Kula ei /ei/ ei /ei/ ꯆꯥꯕ /tʃaːba/ ngui /ŋui/ so /so/ བཟའ /za/ makai /makai/
Kunywa din /din/ in /in/ ꯊꯛꯄ /tʰakpa/ rai /rai/ hʷu /hʷu/ འཐུང /tʰuŋ/ ngirup /ŋirup/
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