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Rengmitca is a critically-endangered Kuki-Chin language of Bangladesh. It is distinct but closely related to the nearby languages Khumi and Mro. There are fewer than 30 speakers left as of 2014. Only 5 are completely fluent, all over the age of 60.[1] But as of 2021 there are only 6 speaker of this language are left, most of whom are over the age of 60.[2]

Rengmitca
Native to	Bangladesh
Region	Chittagong Hill Tracts
Native speakers	<20 (2020)[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Kuki-Chin Khomic Rengmitca
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	reng1255

Rengmitca is spoken to the northeast of Alikadam town in the southern Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh.[3]

Peterson (2017)[4] classifies Rengmitca as a Khomic language.

References

• Peterson, David A. 2013. "Rengmitca: The most endangered Kuki-Chin language of Bangladesh." In Nathan W. Hill and Thomas Owen-Smith, eds. Trans-Himalayan linguistics: Historical and descriptive linguistics of the Himalayan area, 313–327. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
• Peterson, David A. 2014. The dynamics of Rengmitca's endangerment. Paper presented at SoLE-3, Yunnan Nationalities University.

External links

• Rediscovery of Rengmitca language in Bandarban

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