Thor language

Thor Chin
Tawr Chin
Laamtuk Thet
Ruavan Thet
RegionMyanmar
EthnicityChin
Native speakers
580 (2019)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3tcp
Glottologtawr1235

Thor (Thor Chin; IPA: t̪ʰɔːɹ³³), also known as Tawr (Tawr Chin), Laamtuk Thet, or Ruavan Thet,[1] is a Kuki-Chin language spoken in two villages of Hakha Township, Chin State, Myanmar.

VanBik (2009:48) proposes the name Laamtuk Thet (from the speakers' autonym Thet), and notes that Thawr is in fact a derogatory exonym that means ‘dirty’ or ‘sour’ in Hakha. It is spoken in Laamtuk and Ruavaan villages, located about 60 miles southeast of Hakha town (VanBik 2009:48).[2]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Mang2019 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ VanBik, Kenneth. 2009. Proto-Kuki-Chin: A Reconstructed Ancestor of the Kuki-Chin Languages. STEDT Monograph 8. ISBN 0-944613-47-0.