Hmar language

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The Hmar language is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken primarily by the Hmar people in northeastern India, especially in the states of Mizoram, Manipur, and Assam.

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Label Occurrences
Hmar language canonical 10

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Tibeto-Burman language
natural language
associatedWith Hmar culture
belongsToSubgroup Kuki-Chin branch
closelyRelatedTo Kuki-Chin languages
Mizo language
country India
ethnicGroup Hmar people
hasAlternativeName Hmar
Hmar ṭawng
linked to: Hmar
hasCommunityEffort Hmar language publications
language preservation initiatives
hasConsonantInventory typical Tibeto-Burman consonant system
hasDialects various regional varieties
hasEducationalUse taught informally in community settings
hasGrammarType SOV word order (typical of Tibeto-Burman)
hasISO639Code hmr
hasLinguisticTypology agglutinative features
hasMediaUse used in local print and digital media
hasNativeSpeakersIn Assam
Manipur
Mizoram
hasPhonologicalType tonal language (Sino-Tibetan family tendency)
hasReligiousText Bible translations in Hmar
hasRiskStatus potentially vulnerable
hasStandardForm emerging standard based on church and literary usage
hasStatus minority language in India
hasVowelInventory small to moderate vowel system
isPartOf linguistic diversity of Northeast India
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan
Tibeto-Burman
region Northeast India
scriptDirection left-to-right
spokenBy Hmar people
spokenIn Assam
India
Manipur
Mizoram
northeastern India
usedBy Hmar churches
Hmar community organizations
usedFor daily communication
education (local contexts)
religious activities
usedIn Hmar Christian hymns
Hmar literature
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kuki-Chin languages hasMember Hmar language
Mizo language closelyRelatedTo Hmar language
Thadou language closelyRelatedTo Hmar language
Paite language closelyRelatedTo Hmar language
Zo language hasNeighborLanguage Hmar language
Simte language neighboringLanguages Hmar language
Ralte language isRelatedTo Hmar language
Kuki-Chin group hasMemberLanguage Hmar language
Hmar people nativeLanguage Hmar language
Thadou closelyRelatedTo Hmar language