Chin, Bawm

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A language of India

ISO 639-3
bgr
Alternate Names
Bawm, Bawn, Bawng, Bom
Autonym
Bawm hawlh
User Population

4,440 in India (2004). Total users in all countries: 15,140.

Location

Assam state; Mizoram state: Aizawl, Chhimtuipui, and Lunglei districts; Tripura state.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification
Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Kuki-Chin, Central, Lai
Dialects

None known. Linguistically and ethnically a subgroup of the Laizou (Anal) [anm] (Matisoff et al 1996:8).

Typology

SOV.

Language Use

Some young people, all adults. Also use Assamese [asm], with most youth shifting. Used as L2 by Pankhu [pkh].

Language Development

Literature. Radio. Grammar. Bible: 1989–2018.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Chin, Bawm
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

A Scheduled Tribe. Christian.

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