Mru (ꯃꯔꯨ in Mru script)

Mru

Sino-Tibetan

FamilySino-Tibetan Speakers94000 (2024 estimate: 69000 in Bangladesh, 25000 in Myanmar) ScriptMru script (native alphabet created 1980s) + Latin romanization Official inNone - no official status

Sources: Glottolog, Ethnologue, Wikipedia (Mru language/people), Wiktionary (Appendix:Mru word list from Gordon Luce 1985), Grokipedia, Omniglot. Speaker estimate from 2024 Ethnologue data. Vocabulary primarily from Wiktionary Mru word list (Luce 1985: 88-91) and Grokipedia. Lama Upazila coordinates (21.775°N, 92.200°E) from Wikipedia article on Lama Upazila. Geographic center represents primary Mru speech area in Bandarban District, Chittagong Hill Tracts. Several vocabulary items (hello, thank [Provisional - limited documentation; readings pending native-speaker verification.]

Where it is spoken

20 core words in Mru

Water

o

/ɔ/

Fire

mai wa

/mɑɪ wɑ/

Sun

thum

/θum/

Moon

la

/lə/

Mother

au

/əʔu/

Father

pa

/pə/

Eat

tsa

/tsɑ/

Drink

kham

/kʰɑm/

Love

akiet

/əkiɛt/

Heart

tsak

/tsʰɑk/

Tree

tshing

/tsʰɪŋ/

House

khim

/kʲɪm/

Dog

takui

/təkuɪ/

Cat

tamin

/təmɪn/

Hand

bong

/boŋ/

Eye

mik

/mɪk/

Hello

namaskaro

/nɑməskɑro/

Thank you

dhanyabad

/dʰənəbɑd/

One

lok

/ləkː/

Good

ayong

/əjoŋ/

Words compared

Compared with related Sino-Tibetan languages

Meaning MruKuyAmdo TibetanSitu rGyalrongPa'O languageThulungDolgan
Water o /ɔ/ ɗaːʔ /ɗaʔ/ ཆུ་ /tʂʰu/ tʃʰu /tʃʰu/ ရေ /jé/ भु /bʱu/ уус /uːs/
Fire mai wa /mɑɪ wɑ/ fəj /fəj/ མེ་ /mɛ/ /mə/ မီး /mì/ मे /me/ ын /ən/
Sun thum /θum/ tʰaj /tʰaj/ ཉི་མ་ /ɲəmɑ/ niʂ /niʂ/ နေ /né/ नाम /nam/ чулу /tʃulu/
Moon la /lə/ luəŋ /luəŋ/ ཟླ་བ་ /dʐɑwɑ/ zla /zlɑ/ /lə/ लामी /lami/ ой /oj/
Mother au /əʔu/ /mə/ ཨ་མ་ /ɑ mɑ/ ma /mɑ/ အမ /ʔə ma/ मामा /mama/ ие /ijɛ/
Father pa /pə/ /pə/ ཕ་ /pʰɑ/ /pə/ အဖ /ʔə pʰə/ पापा /papa/ эжэ /ɛɟɛ/
Eat tsa /tsɑ/ sap /sap/ ཟ་ /zɑ/ mə-za /mə.zɑ/ စား /sá/ च- /tʃa/ бэ /bɛ/
Drink kham /kʰɑm/ suəm /suəm/ ཐུང་ /tʰuŋ/ nə-tɕʰə-n /nə.tɕʰə.n/ သောက် /θɔk/ तुङ- /tʰuŋ/ ыйа /əjə/
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