Lutuv
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The Lutuv (Hakha Chin: Lautu) are an indigenous people living in southern Chin State, Myanmar. The Lutuv are widely known by other tribes as the "Lautu of the Southern independent villages", a name derived from the central dominant Hakha Lai pronunciation of their endonym. The Lutuv speak the Lutuv language, and they are predominantly Christian.[1][2]
Ethnonyms
[edit]The terms used to refer to the group differ between outsiders and the community itself:
- Exonym: Lautu – a name used by others.
- Endonym: Lutuv – the name used by the community.
Geographic distribution
[edit]As of January 2017, the Lutuv population was approximately 50,000.[2] It is believed that the first Lutuv village, Tyise (also known as Tisen), was founded around AD 1450.[3] Lutuv is spoken in the following villages in Chin State:[4]
- Hnaring
- Khyhraw (Khuahrang)
- Thaw-aw (Thang-Aw)
- Aasaw (Fanthen)
- Chuonge (Surngen)
- Tyise (Tisen)
- Setung (Sentung)
- Hrepuv (Hriangpi)
- Saata (Saate)
- Lungkyi (Leikang)
- Lawthuotluo (Longthantlang)
- Zingmaa (Zuamang)
- Capaw (Capaw)
- Pangtie (Pintia)
- La-uu (La-uu)
- Lyipuv (Leipi)
Many Lutuv have emigrated to Australia and the United States.[5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Chin, Lautu". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
- ^ a b "Chin, Lautu in Myanmar (Burma)". Joshua Project. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
- ^ Carey, B.S.; Tuck, H.P. (1896). The Chin Hills. Rangoon: Government Press. pp. 162–163.
- ^ VanBik 2009:55
- ^ "Lautu Chin Baptist Church". Chin Christian Council in Australia. Archived from the original on 14 August 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
- ^ "Indiana Lutuv Evangelical Church, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States". Chin Baptist Churches USA. Archived from the original on 7 July 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
