Tawr | |
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Tawr Chin | |
Laamtuk Thet | |
Region | Myanmar |
Native speakers | (700 cited 1996)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | tcp |
Glottolog | tawr1235 |
Tawr (Tawn Chin), or Laamtuk Thet, 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).