Zotung language

Zotung
Zo
Native to Burma
Region Rezua, Chin State
Ethnicity Zo (Zo Minphuin)
Native speakers
 (52,000 cited 1990)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 czt
Glottolog zotu1235[2]

Zotung (Zo Minphuin, Chin) is a Kukish language spoken in Rezua subtownship, Chin State, Burma.

Zotung villages: 1. Razua 2. Ccawceiu 3. Rasae 4. Longphialia 5. Eta 6. Thadya 7. Ceiubyng 8. Honglae 9. Raso 10. Tingsi 11. Tuilaw 12. Thaawlaa 13. Siangaw 14. Hinthaa 15. Rovaw 16. Ccongsawng 17. Laaly 18. Sesie 19. Ceiunia 20. Khawtua 21. Laepi 22. Lawngkhy 23. Seccae 24. Aekaw 25. Lotaw 26. Ccaho 27. Laawvaw 28. Pangvaw 29. Lawngdua 30. Nawbohng 31. Rangccii 32. Sihathong 33. Zawngnak 34. Angraw 35. Poolei 36. Vuakhipaw 37. Lavoikung 38. Voiru 39. Din 40. Dinpi 41. Daedin 42. Suitong 43. Daawccong 44. Tuphae 45. Khawboi 46. Ccangcceh 47. Thesi 48. Zesaw 49. Longring 50. Songpi 51. Sepi 52. Longngo 53. Belae 54. Kaelawng 55. Vocui

Rovaw - 2 locations Hinthaa - 4 locations Ccongsawng - 2 locations Ceiubyng -2 locations

55 villages in 61 locations (2017) 4 villages in Gangaw township, Magway Region 3 villages in Hakha township, Chin State 1 village in Thangtlang township, Chin State 1 village in Mindat township, Chin State 46 villages in Matupi township, Chin State

Lost Zotung villages: 1. Lawngko, nearby (very close with) Kaelawng 2. Cuitaw, between Lotaw and Longngo 3. Tongbu, moving into Mara land and became Mara now.

Distribution

VanBik (2009:55)[3] lists the following Zotung villages: Aekaw, Lotaw, Laawvaw, Ccaho, Pangvaw, Rangcci, Sihathong, Zawngnak, Angraw, Poolei, Vuakhipaw, Lavoikung, Dawccung, Khawboi, Seccae, Lungkhy, Laepi, Ccungsung, Langly, Sesie, Khawtua, Sesie, Ceiunia, Rovaw, Razua, Ccawceiu, Rasae, Etang, Thadya, Ceiubyng, Hinthang, Siangaw, Longphialia, Thaawlang, Hunglae, Raso, Tuilaw, Tingsi, Zesaw, Thesi, Lungring, Sungpi, Vocui, Kaelung, Belae, Lungngo, Sepi, Tuphae, Lawngdua, Suitong, Daidin, Din, Voiru

References

  1. ↑ Zotung at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Zotung Chin". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. ↑ VanBik, Kenneth. 2009. Proto-Kuki-Chin: A Reconstructed Ancestor of the Kuki-Chin Languages. STEDT Monograph 8. ISBN 0-944613-47-0.


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