Maraic languages

The Maraic languages are a branch of Kuki-Chin languages.

Languages[]

The Maraic languages are (VanBik 2009:23):

• Mara (Tlôsaih)
• Lyvaw(Lochei and Chira)
• Sizo(Chapi, Ngaphe and Sabyu)
• Lutuv (Lytu/Kahno)
• Zophei (Vawngtu,Leitak)
• Senthang
• Zotung(Calthawng, Innmai, Lungngo)
• Hlaipao (Vahapi{Zyhno}, Heima and Lialai)

Sound changes[]

VanBik (2009) lists the following sound changes from Proto-Kuki-Chin to Proto-Maraic.

• Proto-Kuki-Chin *-p, *-t, *-k > Proto-Maraic *-ʔ
• Proto-Kuki-Chin *-ʔ > Proto-Maraic zero
• Proto-Kuki-Chin *-r, *-l > Proto-Maraic zero
• Proto-Kuki-Chin *kr- > Proto-Maraic *ts-

References[]

• Peterson, David. 2017. "On Kuki-Chin subgrouping." In Picus Sizhi Ding and Jamin Pelkey, eds. Sociohistorical linguistics in Southeast Asia: New horizons for Tibeto-Burman studies in honor of David Bradley, 189-209. Leiden: Brill.
• VanBik, Kenneth. 2009. Proto-Kuki-Chin: A Reconstructed Ancestor of the Kuki-Chin Languages. STEDT Monograph 8. ISBN 0-944613-47-0.