Rungtu language

Rungtu (Rungtu Chin), also known as Taungtha (Burmese: တောင်သားဘာသာစကား), is a moribund Kuki-Chin language of Burma spoken by the Taungtha people. It is spoken in 35 villages in Htilin, Kyaukhtu, and Saw townships, Magway Region.^[2] There are 3 dialects, namely Northern Rungtu, Central Rungtu, and Southern Rungtu.

Rungtu
Taungtha
Region	Burma
Ethnicity	Taungtha people
Native speakers	4,000 (2016)[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Kuki-Chin Southern Rungtu
Language codes
ISO 639-3	rtc
Glottolog	rung1263  Rungtu Chin

The Rungtu dialects share 94%–96% lexical similarity.^[3] Rungtu shares 60%–66% lexical similarity with Rawngtu Chin.^[3]