Zotung language

Zotung
Zo
Native toBurma
RegionRezua, Chin State Matupi, Chin State Hakha, Chin State
EthnicityZotung (Zo Minphuin)
Native speakers
100,000 (global) (2022)
Early form
Proto-Kuki-Chin
Dialects
  • Rezua
  • Lungngo
  • Calthawng
Zoccaw Roman Alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-3czt
Glottologzotu1235

Zotung (Zobya) is a language spoken by the Zotung people, in Rezua Township, Chin State, Burma. It is a continuum of closely related dialects and accents. The language does not have a standard written form since it has dialects with multiple variations on its pronunciations. A written script for Zotung was created in 1933 by Paw Khaw Ming (Siabawi Khuamin). However, formal documents are written in the Lungngo dialect, as it was the native tongue of the writing system's inventor.