Pangkhu language
| Pangkhua | |
|---|---|
| Pangkhu | |
| Native to | Bangladesh and India |
| Region | Chittagong Hill Tracts (Bilaichari, Jorachari, Barkal & Baghaichari districts and parts of Rangamati district) and Mizoram (Chamdur valley and Adjacent hills in Lawngtlai district, Tlabung and West Phaileng subdivision) |
| Ethnicity | Pangkho |
Native speakers | 3,200 in Bangladesh (2012) unknown number in India |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | pkh |
| Glottolog | pank1249 |
| ELP | Pankhu |
Pangkhua (Pangkhu), or Paang, is a Kuki-Chin language primarily spoken in Bangladesh and India. Most speakers of Pangkhu are bilingual in Bengali or Mizo in the respective countries and most education in Pangkhu is conducted in that language.
Since there is essentially no literature in Pangkhua, other than oral folk tales and songs, the Pangkhua community members use Lushai literature. There are minimal language differences between Pangkhua, Tlanglau, Falam Chin, Bawm and Mizo.