Mro language
Not to be confused with Mru language.
| Mro | |
|---|---|
| Mro-Khimi | |
| Native to | Burma |
| Ethnicity | Mro people |
Native speakers | 75,000 (2012)[1] |
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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)
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Mro Chin". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
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