Mara language
language spoken by Mara people living in South Mizoram, India and Chin state in Myanmar.
Mara is a Kuki-Chin language spoken by Mara people, mostly the Tlosaih tribe living in 30 villages of Chhimtuipui district, southern Mizoram, India and the close villages in Burma.
| Mara | |
|---|---|
| Mara (Tlosaih) | |
| Native to | Mizoram, India; Burma |
| Ethnicity | Mara people |
Native speakers | (ca. 400,000 cited 1994–2011)[1] |
| Dialects |
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| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mrh |
| Glottolog | mara1382 |
| ELP | Mara Chin |
The Mara (Tlosaih) languages are from the Kuki-Chin branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family. The speakers of the languages are also known as Mara (Tlosais).
Mara is a recognised language in the Mara Autonomous District Council (MADC) school curriculum. Mara is a compulsory subject for all schools up to class VII (middle school) under the Board of School Education, MADC.
References change
- ↑ Mara at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
