Mara language

E575837

The Mara language is a Kuki-Chin language spoken primarily by the Mara people in parts of northeastern India and western Myanmar.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Mara language canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (36)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Kuki-Chin language
Sino-Tibetan language
language
closelyRelatedTo Lai language
Mizo language
Teddim language
linked to: Tedim language
country India
Myanmar
ethnicGroup Mara people
hasAlternativeName Lakher language
Mara (Lakher)
linked to: Mara
hasDialects Hawthai dialect
Siaha dialect
Tlosai dialect
Zyhno dialect
hasLinguisticType analytic language
tonal language
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive tone
rich consonant inventory
hasScriptOrigin Missionary-devised orthography
iso639-3Code mrh
isPartOf Kuki-Chin branch
Tibeto-Burman languages
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan language family
languageSubfamily Kuki-Chin
linked to: Kuki-Chin-Naga
primaryRegion Siaha district
region Mizoram
spokenBy Mara people
spokenIn India
Myanmar
Northeastern India
linked to: Northeast India

Western Myanmar
linked to: western Myanmar
usedBy Mara Autonomous District Council
usedIn education at primary level (local)
wordOrder SOV
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Kuki-Chin languages hasMember Mara language
Mizo language closelyRelatedTo Mara language
Kuki-Chin group hasMemberLanguage Mara language
Mara speaks Mara language
Mara people primaryLanguage Mara language