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Mru

Mru is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Bangladesh, India, and Myanmar. Glottolog rates it threatened.

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Mru · 21.5°N 92.3°E

Mro, also known as Mru (Murung), is a Sino-Tibetan language of Bangladesh and Myanmar. It is spoken by a community of Mrus (Mros) inhabiting the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh with a population of 22,000 according to the 1991 census, and in Rakhine State, Myanmar. The Mrus are the second-largest tribal group in Bandarban District of the Chittagong Hill Tracts. A small group of Mros also live in Rangamati Hill District.

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Words in Mru

MeaningWordRomanization
personlE*
namemiN*
eyemik*
earna*
nosena*
tonguedai*
handboN*
bloodwi*
bonehut*
skinpik*
water𖩀𖩑𖩘
firemai*
sunni*
treeCiN*
nightyak*
dogkui*
fishNa*
louseCir*
drinkim*
seemi*
diekEN*
newCar*
fullpre*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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