Mru | Ethnologue

A language of Bangladesh

ISO 639: mro
Alternate Names: Maru, Mro, Mrung, Murung
Autonym: Mru
Population: 30,000 in Bangladesh (2007). Total users in all countries: 50,200.
Location:: Chittagong division: Bandarban district.
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.