Mru | |
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𖩃𖩓𖩑 | |
Native to | Bangladesh, Myanmar |
Ethnicity | Mru |
Native speakers | (50,000 cited 1999–2007)[1] |
Mru script, Latin script | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | mro |
Glottolog | mruu1242 |
ELP | Mru |
Mru, also known as Mrung (Murung), is a Sino-Tibetan language of Bangladesh and Myanmar. It is spoken by a community of Mrus (Mros) inhabiting the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh with a population of 22,000 according to the 1991 census, and in Rakhine State, Myanmar. The Mrus are the second-largest tribal group in Bandarban District of the Chittagong Hill Tracts. A small group of Mros also live in Rangamati Hill District.