Welaung language

Welaung, also known as Rawngtu Chin, is a purported Kuki-Chin-Mizo languages of Burma. It is spoken in Mindat township, Chin State, as well as in 2 villages of Htilin township, Magway Region.^[2]

Welaung
Rawngtu Chin
Region	Burma
Ethnicity	Matupi
Native speakers	5,000 (2008)[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Kuki-Chin-Mizo Southern Welaung
Language codes
ISO 639-3	weu
Glottolog	(insufficiently attested or not a distinct language) wela1234

The Rawngtu dialects, which include Kyonnam, Welaung, Boishi, and Shitwanu, share 90% lexical similarity.^[2] The Kyonnam variety is adequately comprehended by most Rawngtu, but not by the Matu, who do not self-identify as Rawngtu.^[2] Rawngtu shares 84%–89% lexical similarity with Matupi Daai, 67%–74% with Kaang Chin, 71%–83% with Matu varieties, and less than 70% with Rungtu.^[2]