Mru language

Mru
Mro, Maru, Mrung, Murung
Region	Bangladesh, Burma
Native speakers	50,000 (1999–2007)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Lolo-Burmese? Mruic Mru
Writing system	Mru alphabet, Latin alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottolog	mruu1242

Mru Mro, Krama
Type	alphabet
Languages	Mru
Direction	Left-to-right
ISO 15924	Mroo, 264
Unicode alias	Mro
Unicode range	U+16A40–U+16A6F

Mru is a Sino-Tibetan language and one of the recognized languages of Bangladesh. It is spoken by a community of Mros (Mru) inhabiting the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh with a population of 22,000 according to the 1991 census, and in Burma. The Mros 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.

The Mru language is considered "definitely endangered" by UNESCO in June 2010.

It is one of the Sino-Tibetan languages that are difficult to classify and has marginal affiliations with Burmic. Mru and Meithei in India, Bangladesh, and Burma, would appear close to the Kukish languages. However, although once classified as Kukish, the Mru language is thought to be closer to Lolo-Burmese.

The Mros live in forest areas of Lama, Ruma, Alikaram, and Thanchi near Chimbuk Mountain of Bandarban District (Rashel 2009). They also live in Sittwe (Akiab), Rakhine State, Burma.

There are five major Mro clans (Rashel 2009).

Rashel (2009) also lists another classification scheme which lists ten Mro clans.

Rashel (2009:159) lists the following Mro numerals.

The Mru alphabet is an indigenous, messianic script: In the 1980s Menlay Murang (also known as Manley Mro) created the religion of Khrama (or Crama) and with it a new alphabet for the Mru language.

The Mru (or Mro) alphabet is written from left to right and has its own set of digits. It does not use tone marks.

The Mru language is written using both the Latin and Mru alphabets.

The Mru alphabet was added to the Unicode Standard in June, 2014 with the release of version 7.0.

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