Laitu language

Laitu
Laitu
Region	Burma
Native speakers	around 20,000 (2025)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Kuki-Chin Southern Laitu; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	clj
Glottolog	None

Last updated October 27, 2025

Laitu is a Kuki-Chin language of Burma. It is partially intelligible with Sumtu Chin. In Sittwe District, Rakhine State, Laitu is spoken in Minbya, Mrauk-U, and Myebon townships, and is also spoken in Paletwa township, Chin State. Laitu has 91-96% lexical similarity with Sumtu Chin and Songlai Chin, 85-89% similarity with Chinbon Chin, and 82-84% lexical similarity with Asho.^[2]

References

↑ Laitu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
↑ "Myanmar". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-10-10.

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[e18-1] Laitu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] "Myanmar". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-10-10.

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