LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Volume 11 : 12 December 2011
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
         Sam Mohanlal, Ph.D.
         B. A. Sharada, Ph.D.
         A. R. Fatihi, Ph.D.
         Lakhan Gusain, Ph.D.
         Jennifer Marie Bayer, Ph.D.
         S. M. Ravichandran, Ph.D.
         G. Baskaran, Ph.D.
         L. Ramamoorthy, Ph.D.

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Scope in Kuki-Chin Questions

George Bedell, Ph. D.

The examples in this paper illustrate the syntactic structure of questions in three Kuki-Chin languages: Lai, primarily spoken in Hakha and Thantlang townships, Chin State, Myanmar; Mizo, primarily spoken in Mizoram State, India; and K'cho, primarily spoken in Mindat township, Chin State, Myanmar. Lai and Mizo are closely related Central Kuki-Chin languages, and K'cho is a less closely related Southern Kuki-Chin language. There is a brief glance at two Northern Kuki-Chin languages. Examples followed by numbers in parentheses are taken from translations of the Gospel according to Matthew in each language. Lai and Mizo are cited in their standard orthographies as these appear in the translations. K'cho does not have a generally accepted orthography, and examples are adapted from Màtheiû 2001. I am grateful to Kee Shein Mang for help with the K'cho examples, and to Goh Deih Lun for help with the Mizo examples.

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George Bedell, Ph. D.
Lecturer, Department of Linguistics
Payap University
Chiang Mai 50000
Thailand
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