[Linganth] Student question about Chin languages

[Strand, Thea]

Hello,

I have a student working on a museum anthropology project with another faculty member who came to me looking for some help with a question related to Chin languages. She asks:

"My question is about the name of the tunic. I keep seeing different names for it such as "khran in", "khrangimm", and "krang im" among others. I am curious about why there is so much variation. Is it just a difference between dialects or maybe a translation issue?"

It sounds like dialectal variation and/or an issue of transliteration to me, but I have no experience with this language family. If anyone has a more precise answer for her, she'd be very grateful. An image of a tunic in question is attached.

Thanks in advance,
Thea

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Thea R. Strand, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Anthropology
Vice-Chair, Lakeside IRB
Loyola University Chicago
Website: https://www.luc.edu/anthropology/faculty/strand.shtml#d.en.696375
Author of: A Winning Dialect: Reinventing Linguistic Tradition in Rural Norway<https://utorontopress.com/9781487545963/a-winning-dialect/>
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