Matu Chin is a Sino-Tibetan language of Chin State in North-Western Burma (Myanmar). It is spoken by about 40,000 people world-wide (Ethnologue 2017). Members of the Matu Chin community in Melbourne translated these readers for RUMACCC.
Level 1 readers
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Animals can do this (He he ramsana loh asaithai)
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Matu Chin
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Matu Chin and English
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| colour (1.0Mb pdf)
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Come and see (Halo lam tah so lah)
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Matu Chin
| b and w (600kb pdf)
| colour (1.2Mb pdf)
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Matu Chin and English
| b and w (605kb pdf)
| colour (1.2Mb pdf)
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Fruit and vegetables (Thingthaih rhampu neh toianna)
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Matu Chin
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Matu Chin and English
| b and w (580kb pdf)
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I like animals (Ramsana kalungnah)
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Matu Chin
| b and w (500kb pdf)
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Matu Chin and English
| b and w (500b pdf)
| colour (950kb pdf)
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Jobs (Bibina)
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Matu Chin
| b and w (680kb pdf)
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Matu Chin and English
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This is a house (He he im)
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Matu Chin
| b and w (640kb pdf)
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Matu Chin and English
| b and w (640kb pdf)
| colour (1.4Mb pdf)
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Very big! (Bahoeng len!)
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Matu Chin
| b and w (490kb pdf)
| colour (600kb pdf)
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Matu Chin and English
| b and w (490kb pdf)
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What can you see? (Balae na hmuh?)
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Matu Chin
| b and w (860kb pdf)
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Matu Chin and English
| b and w (860kb pdf)
| colour (1.2Mb pdf)
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Where do we go? (Melam n’caeh uh eh?)
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Matu Chin
| b and w (700kb pdf)
| colour (1.0Mb pdf)
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Matu Chin and English
| b and w (700kb pdf)
| colour (1.0Mb pdf)
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Level 2 readers
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At the market (Hnopai yoihna ah)
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Matu Chin
| b and w (570kb pdf)
| colour (730kb pdf)
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Matu Chin and English
| b and w (575kb pdf)
| colour (740kb pdf)
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Crossing the road (Long akatphai)
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Matu Chin
| b and w (830kb pdf)
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Matu Chin and English
| b and w (840kb pdf)
| colour (1.1Mb pdf)
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Gecko is hungry (Tawkke abungpong)
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Matu Chin
| b and w (520kb pdf)
| colour (800kb pdf)
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Matu Chin and English
| b and w (520kb pdf)
| colour (800kb pdf)
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Homes (Imna)
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Matu Chin
| b and w (640kb pdf)
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Matu Chin and English
| b and w (640kb pdf)
| colour (1.1Mb pdf)
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Like this (Tlamhe)
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Matu Chin
| b and w (520kb pdf)
| colour (720kb pdf)
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Matu Chin and English
| b and w (520kb pdf)
| colour (720kb pdf)
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The rock pool (Lungto tuiueng)
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Matu Chin
| b and w (675kb pdf)
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Matu Chin and English
| b and w (675kb pdf)
| colour (1.2Mb pdf)
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Up and down (Aso neh adang)
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Matu Chin
| b and w (605kb pdf)
| colour (1.0Mb pdf)
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Matu Chin and English
| b and w (610kb pdf)
| colour (1.0Mb pdf)
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Where are they? (Merhoek alae aom uh?)
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Matu Chin
| b and w (575kb pdf)
| colour (820kb pdf)
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Matu Chin and English
| b and w (580kb pdf)
| colour (820kb pdf)
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Level 5 readers
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Chicken Little goes for a walk (Aica alengla dong)
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Matu Chin
| b and w (1.3Mb pdf)
| colour (1.2Mb pdf)
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Matu Chin and English
| b and w (1.3Mb pdf)
| colour (1.2Mb pdf) |