Mün language

Mün (Mün Chin) is a Kuki-Chin language of Burma. It is spoken in Mindat township, Chin State, and Saw and Tilin townships, both in Magway Region (Ethnologue).

Mün
Ng’men
RegionBurma
Native speakers
15,000 (2011)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3mwq
Glottologmunc1235

Names

It has gone by the name Chinbok (Burmese: ချင်းပုတ်), but this is a regional name of the colonial era applied to neighboring languages as well. Alternate names include Cho, K’cho, K’cho Chin, Mindat, Mün, Müün.

Dialects

Ethnologue lists 3 dialects, namely:

  • Ng’men (Hletlong, Hmong-K’cha, Nitu)
  • Hngiyung
  • Gah (Ng-Gha)

There are at least 2 dialects, namely Hngiyung and Ng’men (also called Hletlong, Hmong-K’cha, Nitu). This dialect is almost disappeared as forgotten by Mün people. Instead of upgrading Mün dialect, they are still trying to create Kcho dialect. After 2030 the name Mün ethnic group will be obscurer because they all left the word Mün behind.

References

  1. Mün at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)


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