Mru

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A language of Bangladesh

ISO 639-3
mro
Alternate Names
Maru, Mro, Mrung, Murung
Autonym
Mru
User Population

30,000 in Bangladesh (2007). Total users in all countries: 50,200.

Location

Chittagong division: Bandarban district.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Ngwi-Burmese, Mru
Dialects

Anok, Dowpreng, Sungma. Lexical similarity: 13% with Mro-Khimi Chin [cmr], 72%–76% with Anu-Khongso Chin [anl]; lexical similarity with Anok, Dowpreng, and Sungma dialects in Bangladesh is high: 91%–98%.

Typology

SOV.

Language Use

Used by all. Most also use Marma [rmz]. Also use Bengali [ben]. Also use Chittagonian [ctg].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 10%. Literacy materials are being developed using the Krama script. Literature. NT: 1994.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Mru
Writing

Latin script [Latn]. Mro script [Mroo], developed in the 1980s.

Other Comments

Ethnically related to the Khumi. 5 linguistically distinct groups: Anok (largest and central) and Tshungma in the north, Domrong in the lowlands north of the Matamuri, Dopreng and Rumma in far south and into Arakan (Brauns and Loffler 1990). Traditional religion.

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