Hakha Chin

Lai
"Language" or "Speak" [[1]]
Laiholh
PronunciationLa-i
Native toMyanmar, India, Bangladesh[1]
RegionChin, Myanmar
EthnicityChin
Native speakers
circa 450,000[1]
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3cnh
Glottologhaka1240  laic1236
ELPHakha Chin

Lai, Laiholh[a], or Pawi[b] is a Kuki-Chin language spoken in central Chin State in Myanmar, and Lawngtlai district of Mizoram, India.[1] Hakha Chin-speaking minorities are also found in the Sagaing and Magway Regions of Myanmar,[1] and in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of southeastern Bangladesh by the Bawm minority.

There are over 450,000 speakers of this language.[2]

Hakha Chin is the lingua franca in Thantlang and Hakha townships of Chin State.

  1. ^ a b c d Lai at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ "Hakha Chin: The Translation Demands and Resource Situation". 11 February 2022.


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