14 Facts About Mizo language

Mizo language, or Mizo tawng, is a Kuki-Chin-Mizo language belonging to the Tibeto-Burman family of languages, spoken natively by the Mizo people in the Mizoram state of India and Chin State in Myanmar.

The language is known as Duhlian and Lushai, a colonial term, as the Duhlian people were the first among the Mizos to be encountered by the British in the course of their colonial expansion.

The Mizo language is mainly based on Lusei dialect but it has derived many words from its surrounding Mizo sub-tribes and sub-clan.

Mizo language belongs to the Kuki-Chin-Mizo branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family.

The numerous clans of the Mizo had respective dialects, amongst which the Lusei dialect was the most common, and evolved with significant influenced from Hmar, Lai and Paite, etc.

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Mizo language alphabet is based on the Roman script and has 25 letters, namely:.

Mizo language is related to the other languages of the Sino-Tibetan family.

Mizo language has eight tones and intonations for each of the vowels a, aw, e, i and u, four of which are reduced tones and the other four long tones.

Mizo language has the following consonants, with the first symbol being its orthographical form and the second one its representation in the IPA:.

Mizo language contains many analyzable polysyllables, which are polysyllabic units in which the individual syllables have meaning by themselves.

Mizo language verbs are often used in the Gerund, and most verbs change desinence in the Gerund; this modification is called tihdanglamna.

All Mizo language pronouns occur in two forms, namely in free form and clitic form:.

Mizo language adjectives follow the nouns they describe, as follows:.

Some best-known Mizo writers include James Dokhuma, Thuamtea Khawlhring, C Laizawna, C Lalnunchanga, Vanneihtluanga etc.