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 ⓘ