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 | |
| Region | Burma |
Native speakers | 15,000 (2011)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mwq |
| Glottolog | munc1235 |
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
- Mün at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Kee, Shein Mang. 2006. A syntactic and pragmatic description of verb stem alternation in K’cho, a Chin language. Master’s thesis, Payap University.
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