Pangkhua (Pangkhu), or Paang, is a Kuki-Chin language primarily spoken in Bangladesh. Most speakers of Pangkhu are bilingual in Bengali, and most education in Pangkhu is conducted in that language.
| Pangkhua | |
|---|---|
| Pangkhu | |
| Native to | Bangladesh |
| Region | Bilaichari, Jorachari, Barkal, & Baghaichari districts, and parts of Rangamati district.Chamdur valley and Adjacent hills in Lawngtlai district, Tlabung and West Phaileng subdivision. |
Native speakers | 3,200 in Bangladesh (2012)[1] unknown number in India[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | pkh |
| Glottolog | pank1249 |
| ELP | Pankhu |
Since there is essentially no literature in Pangkhua, other than oral folk tales and songs, the Pangkhua community members use Lushai literature. There are minimal language differences between Pangkhua, Tlanglau, Falam Chin, Bawm and Mizo.[2]
Dialects
editThe dialects of the two main communities that use Pangkhu, Bilaichari and Konglak, share 88% of their basic vocabulary.
References
edit- ^ a b Pangkhua at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Kim, Amy; Roy (2011). "The Kuki-Chin Communities of Bangladesh: A sociolinguistic survey" (PDF). SIL International.
Further reading
edit- Hock, Hans Henrich (2016). "The languages, their histories, and their genetic classification". In Hans Henrich Hock; Elena Bashir (eds.). The Languages and Linguistics of South Asia: A Comprehensive Guide. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 9-240 [145]. doi:10.1515/9783110423303-003.
- Akter, Zahid (2016). "The Endangerment and Documentation of the Pangkhua Language in Bangladesh". In: EWUCRT Working Paper no 10. East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
- DeLancey, Scott (2021). "Classifying Trans-Himalayan (Sino-Tibetan) languages". In Paul Sidwell; Mathias Jenny (eds.). The Languages and Linguistics of Mainland Southeast Asia: A comprehensive guide. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 207-224 [215-216]. doi:10.1515/9783110558142-012.
- Akter, Zahid (2024). A Grammar of Pangkhua. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton. doi:10.1515/9783111387673.
External links
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