| Lai | |
|---|---|
| "Language" or "Speak" [[1]] | |
| Laiholh | |
| Pronunciation | La-i |
| Native to | Myanmar, India, Bangladesh[1] |
| Region | Chin, Myanmar |
| Ethnicity | Chin |
Native speakers | circa 450,000[1] |
| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | cnh |
| Glottolog | haka1240 laic1236 |
| ELP | Hakha 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.
- ^ a b c d Lai at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ "Hakha Chin: The Translation Demands and Resource Situation". 11 February 2022.
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