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Name: Mizo

Type: Language

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

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 Standard: ISO 639-3

Documentation: SIL

Families: Sino-Tibetan

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

Child Dialects: Tlau (lus-tla) Fannai (lus-fan) 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

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