Mara language
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| Mara | ||
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| 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
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| 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 | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | ||
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.
[edit] External links
- Maraland.NET Home of Mara language speaking people
- Maraland.org MITCS website
- Entry for Mara at Rosetta Project
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