Falam language

Falam
Lai
Lai ṭong
Native toBurma, India
RegionWest Burma, North East India
EthnicityChin
Native speakers
(107,000 cited 1983–2001)[1]
Dialects
  • Zanniat
  • Laizo
  • Zahau
  • Tlaisun
  • Khualsim
  • Lente
  • Tapong
  • Sim
  • Torr
  • Chorei
  • Ngawn
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
cfm – Falam Chin
cbl – Bualkhaw Chin
cnw – Ngawn Chin
Glottologfala1243
ELPFalam Chin
 Chorei[2]

Falam Chin (also known as Lai) is a Kuki-Chin language in Falam Township, Chin State, Myanmar,

Falam Chin is closely related to most Central Chin languages, especially Hakha Chin.[3] The Falam people are primarily Christian and have translated the Bible into Falam Chin.

  1. ^ Falam Chin at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Bualkhaw Chin at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Ngawn Chin at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Endangered Languages Project data for Chorei.
  3. ^ King, Deborah (2010). VOICE AND VALENCE-ALTERING OPERATIONS IN FALAM CHIN: A ROLE AND REFERENCE GRAMMAR APPROACH. Arlington, Texas: The University of Texas at Arlington.