MultiTree:

A Digital Library of Language Relationships

search | about | help

The Mizo Language > LINGUIST List Language Search

Name: Mizo

Alternate Names: Lushai; Dulien; Lei; Le; Duhlian Twang; Lusai; Lusei; Lushei; Lukhai; Lusago; Sailau; Hualngo; Whelngo; Haulngo; Lushēi

Spoken in: India, Myanmar, Bangladesh

Number of speakers: 529,000 in India (1997). Population total all countries: 541,750 (Ethnologue)

Number of speakers: 529000 (UNESCO)

Number of speakers: 542541 (World Oral Literature Project)

Code: lus

Code Authority: ISO 639-3

Code Standard: SIL

Families: Sino-Tibetan

Parent Subgroup: Central Kuki-Chin; Central Kuki; Central Chin (ckch)

Child Dialects: Fannai (lus-fan) Tlau (lus-tla) Ngente (lus-nge) Mizo (lus-miz) Ralte (lus-ral) Le (lus-lex)

Endangerment Status

UNESCO Status: Vulnerable

Ethnologue Status: Not listed

Sutherland's Red List: Not listed

Map of Mizo

Click for more information on Mizo from LL-MAP

All trees including Mizo

Find More Information on Mizo

Search all of LINGUIST's Resources
Ethnologue Description
Listing of Documents in Odin Database
The World Atlas of Language Structures Online
Google Search

Submit Comment

Click here to submit a comment.