Hmar languages
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Hmar | |
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Pronunciation | Template:IPA-bodia |
Native to | India |
Region | Mizoram, Manipur, Assam, Tripura, and Meghalaya |
Ethnicity | Hmar |
Native speakers | 2,00,000+[1] |
Latin | |
Official status | |
Official language in | India |
Recognised minority language in | Assam, Manipur and Mizoram |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | hmr |
Glottolog | hmar1241 |
The Hmar languages belongs to the Kukish branch of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages. The speakers of the language are also known as Hmar.
In Manipur, Hmar exhibits partial mutual intelligibility with the other Kukish dialects of the area including Thadou, Paite, Vaiphei, Simte, Kom and Gangte languages.[2]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
- ↑ Singh, Chungkham Yashawanta (1995). "The linguistic situation in Manipur" (PDF). Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area. 18 (1): 129–134. Retrieved 19 June 2014.