Mro language
Mro | |
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Mro-Khimi | |
Native to | Burma |
Ethnicity | Mro people |
Native speakers | 75,000 (2012)[1] |
Sino-Tibetan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
cmr |
Glottolog |
mroc1235 [2] |
Mro, also Mro-Khimi or Mro Chin, is a Kukish language of Burma.
Geographical distribution
Mro is spoken in the following townships of Myanmar (Ethnologue).
- Chin State: Paletwa township
- Rakhine State: Kyauktaw, Buthidaung, Ponnagyun, Pauktaw, Mrauk U, and Maungdaw townships.
Dialects
There are 4 main dialects of Mro (Ethnologue).
- Arang (Ahraing Khami, Areung, Aroeng)
- Xengna (Hrengna)
- Xata
- Vakung (Wakun, Wakung)
Vakung is the most widely spoken and understood dialect
References
- ↑ Mro at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Mro Chin". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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