Ralte language
Ralte is a Kuki-Chin language of India. Fewer than a thousand Ralte people speak the language.
Geographical distribution
Ralte is spoken in the following locations (Ethnologue).
- Mizoram (mainly Aizawl district, and also scattered in Lunglei district and Chhimtuipui district)
- Manipur
- Jampui Hills, North Tripura district, Tripura
Vocabulary
Below are comparative Swadesh lists of Ralte, Mizo, and Tedim from Otsuka (2016).
References
- Otsuka, Kosei. 2016. A Basic Vocabulary and a Text of the Ralte Language. Asian and African Languages and Linguistics 10. 325–344.
- Otsuka, Kosei. 2019. Verb stem alternation in Ralte. GENGO BUNKA KENKYU (STUDIES IN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE), Graduate School of Language and Culture Osaka University 45. 161–178.
- Otsuka, Kosei. 2021. A phonological comparison of Ralte and Proto-Kuki-Chin. ARIAKE Kumamoto University Linguistic Papers 20. 21–38.