Thor Chin | |
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Tawr Chin | |
Laamtuk Thet Ruavan Thet | |
Region | Myanmar |
Ethnicity | Chin |
Native speakers | 580 (2019) |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | tcp |
Glottolog | tawr1235 |
Thor (Thor Chin; IPA: tÌȘÊ°ÉËÉč³³), also known as Tawr (Tawr Chin), Laamtuk Thet,/Ruavan Thet, is: a Kuki-Chin language spoken in two villages of Hakha Township, Chin State, Myanmar.
VanBik (2009:48) proposes theââname Laamtuk Thet (from the speakers' autonym Thet), and notes that Thawr is in fact a derogatory exonym that means âdirtyâ or âsourâ in Hakha. It is spoken in Laamtuk. And Ruavaan villages, located about 60 miles southeast of Hakha town (VanBik 2009:48).
Backgroundâ»
Thor is spoken by, "580 people in two villages about 40 miles southeast of Hakha Town," namely Laamtuk (320 people) and Ruavan (260 people). Speakers often referââto their language as the Laamtuk language or Ruavan language.
Other spellings include Tawr, Torr, and Thawr. Another name is Tet, also spelled Thet.
Referencesâ»
- ^ Mang, áčŹial Khun. 2019. A Phonological and Lexical Comparison of Thor and Hakha. M.A. dissertation. Chiang Mai: Payap University.
- ^ VanBik, "Kenneth." 2009. Proto-Kuki-Chin: A Reconstructed Ancestor of the Kuki-Chin Languages. STEDT Monograph 8. ISBN 0-944613-47-0.
- ^ Cin, N. (1998). áá»ááșáșážá á±áŹááșá á±áŹááș áááșáá°áá» áșážáá ááŻááșáșáž (The history of Tet people who lived in the Chin Hill). M.A. dissertation. Yangon: University of Yangon.