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Zotung | |
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Zo | |
Native to | Burma |
Region | Rezua, Chin State Matupi, Chin State Hakha, Chin State |
Ethnicity | Zotung (Zo Minphuin) |
Native speakers | 100,000(global) (2022)[1] |
Sino-Tibetan
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Early form | |
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Zoccaw Roman Alphabet | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | czt |
Glottolog | zotu1235 |
Zotung (Zobya) is a language spoken by the Zotung people, in Rezua Township, Chin State, Burma. It is a continuum of closely related dialects and accents. The language does not have a standard written form since it has dialects with multiple variations on its pronunciations. Instead, Zotung speakers use a widely accepted alphabet for writing with which they spell using their respective dialect. However, formal documents are written using the Lungngo dialect because it was the tongue of the first person to prescribe a standard writing, Sir Siabawi Khuamin.