Mru people

Not to be confused with Mro-Khimi people or Meru people.

Mru
𖩃𖩓𖩑
Mru family in a traditional household
Total population
80,000–85,000 (2004, est.)
Regions with significant populations
Bangladesh (Chittagong Hill Tracts)
India (West Bengal)
Myanmar (Rakhine State)
 Bangladesh52,455 (2021)[1]
 India20,000[2]
 Myanmar12,000[2]
Languages
Mru (dialects: Anok, Dowpreng, Sungma/Tshungma, Domrong, Rumma, Launghu)[3]
Religion
Related ethnic groups
Chin people

The Mru (Mru: 𖩃𖩓𖩑) also known as the Mro, Murong, Taung Mro, Mrung, and Mrucha, refer to the tribes who live in the border regions between Myanmar (Burma), Bangladesh, and India. The Mru are a sub-group of the Chin people, a few of whom live in western Myanmar. They are also found in the northern Rakhine State. In Bangladesh, they reside in the Chittagong Hills in southeast Bangladesh, primarily in Bandarban District and Rangamati Hill District. In India, they reside in West Bengal.[2]

Map showing the expanse of the Mru people in Bangladesh

The Mru people are divided into five distinct linguistic and cultural sub-groups: the Anok, Tshüngma, Dömrong, Dopteng, and Rümma.[4]

  1. ^ "Table 1.4 Ethnic Population by Group and Sex" (PDF) (in Bengali). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. 2021. p. 34.
  2. ^ a b c Hattaway, Paul (2004). Peoples of the Buddhist World: A Christian Prayer Diary (PDF). Pasadena, CA: William Carrey Library. p. 195. ISBN 9780878083619.
  3. ^ Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D. (eds.). "Ethnologue: Languages of the World". SIL International. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  4. ^ Brauns, Claus-Dieter; Löffler, Lorenz G. (2013). Mru Hill People on the Border of Bangladesh. Birkhäuser. ISBN 978-3034856942. OCLC 1058690344.