Lautu

The Lutuv (Lautu) are an indigenous people inhabiting Southern Chin State in Myanmar. The Lutuv widely were known by other tribes as the Lautu of the Southern Independent Villages, derived from the central dominant language Hakha Lai pronunciation of their name. The Lutuv people are concentrated in 16 villages; it is believed that the first Lutuv founded Tyise (Tisen) village in approximately AD 1450.[1] The Lutuv speak the Lutuv language.[2]

As of January 2017, the Lutuv population was approximately 50,000 and predominantly Christian.[3] They have emigrated to Australia and the United States.[4][5] There are 16 Lutuv settlements in Chin State:[6]^[full citation needed]

Exonym is a name used by people who are not native to a place, group, or language to refer to that place, group, or language.

Endonym is a name used by the people who live in a place to refer to themselves or their region

Exonym = Lautu

Endonym = Lutuv

Below are the Lutuv villages listed with their exonym and endonym.

Lutuv is spoken in the following villages

1) Hnaring- Hnaring Town

2) Khyhraw-(Khuahrang)

3) Thaw-aw-(Thang-Aw)

4) Aasaw-(Fanthen)

5) Chuonge-(Surngen)

6) Tyise-(Tisen)

7) Setung-(Sentung)

8) Hrepuv-(Hriangpi)

9) Saata - (Saate)

10) Lungkyi - (Leikang)

11) Lawthuotluo - (Longthantlang)

12) Zingmaa - (Zuamang)

13) Capaw - (Capaw)

14) Pangtie - (Pintia)

15 ) La-uu- (La-uu)

16) Lyipuv - (Leipi)

References

1. Carey, B.S.; Tuck, H.P. (1896). The Chin Hills. Rangoon: Government Press. pp. 162–63.
2. "Chin, Lautu". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
3. "Chin, Lautu in Myanmar (Burma)". Joshua Project. Archived from the original on March 8, 2016. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
4. "Lautu Chin Baptist Church". Chin Christian Council in Australia. Archived from the original on August 14, 2015. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
5. "Indiana Lutuv Evangelical Church, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States". Chin Baptist Churches USA. Archived from the original on July 7, 2020. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
6. VanBik 2009:55