Haka Chin

Haka Chin is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar, by about 125 thousand people. Glottolog rates it shifting.

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Haka Chin · 22.9°N 92.8°E

Hakha Chin, or Laiholh, is a Kuki-Chin language spoken by nearly 300,000 people, mostly in Myanmar. In Mizoram, the language is recognized as Pawi. The total figure includes 2,000 Zokhua and 60,100 Hakha speakers. The speakers are largely concentrated in Chin State in western Myanmar and Mizoram in eastern India, with a small number of speakers in south-eastern Bangladesh.

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Written down

Mi vialte hna cu zalong te, ai tluk te le upat tihzah awktlak le thiltikhawhnak tinvo a ngei in a chuak mi kan si dih. Minung cu a chia a tha thleidang khomi ruahnak le theihthiamnak ziaza tha a ngeimi kan si caah pakhat le pakhat dawtnak he i pehtlaihnak le i hawikawmhnak ngeih ding kan si.

Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).

Words in Haka Chin

Meaning	Word	Romanization
person	mi*
name	min*
eye	mit*
ear	hnakhaw*
nose	hnar*
tooth	ha*
tongue	lei*
hand	kut*
blood	thisen*
bone	ruh*
skin	cuar*
knee	khuk*
breast	hnuk*
liver	thin*
water	ti
fire	mei*
sun	ni*
star	arfi*
stone	luN*
mountain	tlaN*
tree	thiNkuN*
leaf	thiNhnah*
night	zan*
dog	uico*
fish	Na*
louse	thahpakhat*
one	pakhat*
two	pahnih*
I	keimah*
you	naNmah*