Thor language

Thor Chin
Thor Chin
Tawr Chin
Laamtuk Thet; Ruavan Thet
Region	Myanmar
Ethnicity	Chin
Native speakers	580 (2019)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Central Tibeto-Burman (?) Kuki-Chin-Naga Kuki-Chin Central Thor Chin; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tcp
Glottolog	tawr1235

Thor (Thor Chin; IPA: t̪ʰɔːɹ³³), also known as Tawr (Tawr Chin), Laamtuk Thet, or Ruavan Thet,^[1] is a Kuki-Chin language spoken in two villages of Hakha Township, Chin State, Myanmar.

VanBik (2009:48) proposes the name Laamtuk Thet (from the speakers' autonym Thet), and notes that Thawr is in fact a derogatory exonym that means ‘dirty’ or ‘sour’ in Hakha. It is spoken in Laamtuk and Ruavaan villages, located about 60 miles southeast of Hakha town (VanBik 2009:48).^[2]

Background

Thor is spoken by 580 people in two villages about 40 miles southeast of Hakha Town, namely Laamtuk (320 people) and Ruavan (260 people). Speakers often refer to their language as the Laamtuk language or Ruavan language.^[1]

Other spellings include Tawr, Torr, and Thawr.^[1] Another name is Tet, also spelled Thet.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Mang, Ṭial Khun. 2019. A Phonological and Lexical Comparison of Thor and Hakha. M.A. dissertation. Chiang Mai: Payap University.
^ VanBik, Kenneth. 2009. Proto-Kuki-Chin: A Reconstructed Ancestor of the Kuki-Chin Languages. STEDT Monograph 8. ISBN 0-944613-47-0.
^ Cin, N. (1998). ချင််းတ ောင်တ ောက် သက်လူမျ ်းသမ ိုင််း (The history of Tet people who lived in the Chin Hill). M.A. dissertation. Yangon: University of Yangon.