Falam language
language
Falam Chin (also known as Lai) is a Kuki-Chin language in Falam Township, Chin State, Myanmar.
Falam Chin is closely related to most Central Chin languages, especially Hakha Chin. The Falam people are primarily Christian and have translated the Bible into Falam Chin.
Dialects
Ethnologue lists the following dialects of Falam:
Tlaisun (Shunkla, Sunkhla, Taishon, Tashom, Tashon)
Laizo (Laiso, Laizao, Laizo-Shimhrin)
Zahao (Lyen-Lyem, JaHau Yahow, Zahau, Zahau-Shimhrin, Za-How)
Sim
Falam takes its name from a village, founded by the Tlaisun (in English, 'Tashon') tribe, and Tashon was the original language spoken in Falam. Falam grew in population from the surrounding tribes from Sunthla (also 'Sunkhla'), Sim and Zahau (also 'Zahao') that created a new language based on these three tribes, very different from the Tlaisun language. This language was later popularly known as Laizo. Laizo was recorded as the first language used in the official radio broadcasting dialect of Chin in Myanmar. In order to be inclusive in Laizo, the name was later changed to Falam, although its official name is still Laizo.
Rupini and Koloi are also quite different. The Chorei and Zanniat dialects (collectively known as Baro Halam) may be considered separate languages.
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