Pangkhu language

Pangkhua (Pangkhu), or Paang, is a Kuki-Chin language primarily spoken in Bangladesh. Most speakers of Pangkhu are bilingual in Bengali, and most education in Pangkhu is conducted in that language.

Pangkhua
Pangkhu
Native toBangladesh
RegionBilaichari, Jorachari, Barkal, & Baghaichari districts, and parts of Rangamati district.Chamdur valley and Adjacent hills in Lawngtlai district, Tlabung and West Phaileng subdivision.
Native speakers
3,200 in Bangladesh (2012)[1]
unknown number in India[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3pkh
Glottologpank1249[2]

Since there is essentially no literature in Pangkhua, other than oral folk tales and songs, the Pangkhua community members use Lushai literature. There are minimal language differences between Pangkhua, Tlanglau, Falam Chin, Bawm and Mizo[3]

Dialects

The dialects of the two main communities that use Pangkhu, Bilaichari and Konglak, share 88% of their basic vocabulary.

gollark: I'm engaging in inconsistent devil advocacy!
gollark: Which is a very significant amount of cashmoney.
gollark: An entire day's work, ignoring any other expense you might have.
gollark: $60 is quite a lot by my standards.
gollark: You would, at least, mildly worsen prospects for developing another game.

References

  1. Pangkhua at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Pankhu". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. Kim, Amy; Roy (2011). "The Kuki-Chin Communities of Bangladesh: A sociolinguistic survey" (PDF). SIL International.
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