Daai is a member of the Southern Kuki-Chin-Naga language spoken by about 37,000 people in the townships of Kanpetlet, Matupi, Mindat and Paletwa in the south of Chin State in western Myanmar.
Daai is also known as Dai, Khyo or Daai Chin. Dialects include Ngxang, Nghngilo, Ma-Tu, Ship, Duk-Msang, Kheng, Mkuui and Yet.
Download an Daai alphabet chart (Excel)
Vok=a khüüi=üng ui:=a vaan-ei. Ahlaanüng kkhyüng-shei naküt khüüi:khoom shi-hlo mjoh=kti=e. Kkhyaang mat=a veei: ui: jah vok ve mjoh=kti=xooi. Ah-nih mah-pa: sun=noh lou: poh mjoh=kti. Kkhyaang sun=noh ah ui: jah ah vok sun akdo=a jah mbei-mbook lü ah jah ve püi mjoh.
Long ago all the animals worked and spoke, it is told. A man had a dog and a pig. Their master cultivated mountain rice. The man fed them well and lived together with them.
Source: A Descriptive Grammar of Dai Chin. Helga So-Hartmann. 2009.
Information about Daai
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daai_language
https://soas-repository.worktribe.com/output/382948
https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals/Chin-Daai.htm
Anāl, Bawm, Biete, Chiru, Daai, Falam, Hakha, Karbi, Kom, Liangmai, Lotha, Mara, Mizo, Mongsen Ao, Nga La, Paite, Ralte, Rongmei, Tedim, Thadou, Zeme, Zotung, Zou, Zyphe
Languages written with the Latin alphabet
Page created: 07.01.26. Last modified: 07.01.26
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