Mara language

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Mara Mara
Pronunciation:	/m̥ara/
Spoken in:	Mizoram, India; Chin State;Myanmar
Region:	Southeast Asia
Total speakers:	India: 47,000 (MADC, 2003) Myanmar: 37,000 (MEC,BAM 2005)
Language family:	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Kuki-Chin-Naga Kuki-Chin Southern Kuki-Chin Mara
Writing system:	Latin alphabet
Official status
Official language in:	none, recognized as a minority language in Mizoram
Regulated by:	no official regulation
Language codes
ISO 639-1:	none
ISO 639-2:	`–`
ISO 639-3:	`mrh`
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The Mara language is a language spoken by Mara people living in South Mizoram, India and the adjacent people living in Chin State in Myanmar, formerly Burma.

The Mara language belongs to the Kuki-Chin-Naga group of Tibeto-Burman stock of the great Sino-Tibetan family of languages. The speakers of the language are also known as Mara.

Mara is a recognised language in the School curriculum of Mara Autonomous District Council (MADC). Mara is a compulsory subject for all schools up to Class VII (Middle School) under Board of School Education, MADC.