Mro

E681997

The Mro are an indigenous ethnic group of the Chittagong Hill Tracts region of Bangladesh, known for their distinct Tibeto-Burman language and traditional hill-farming lifestyle.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Mro canonical 7
Mru 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Mru ⓘ
linked to: Mro

Murung ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Bangladesh ⓘ
culturalRegion Chittagong Hill Tracts ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Tibeto-Burman peoples ⓘ
governedUnder Chittagong Hill Tracts Regulation ⓘ
language Mro language ⓘ
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ
Tibeto-Burman languages ⓘ
livelihoodChallenges deforestation ⓘ
development-induced displacement ⓘ
land dispossession ⓘ
locatedIn Chittagong Hill Tracts ⓘ
Southeast Bangladesh ⓘ
minorityStatus ethnic minority in Bangladesh ⓘ
neighboringGroups Chakma ⓘ
Marma ⓘ
Tripura ⓘ
oralTradition folktales ⓘ
ritual chants ⓘ
songs ⓘ
populationStatus small indigenous community in Bangladesh ⓘ
recognizedAs indigenous group of Bangladesh ⓘ
region Bandarban District ⓘ
Khagrachari District ⓘ
Rangamati District ⓘ
linked to: Rangamati
religion Buddhism ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
animism ⓘ
scriptType alphabetic script ⓘ
selfIdentification Mro people ⓘ
settlementPattern hilltop villages ⓘ
traditionalCrops millet ⓘ
rice ⓘ
vegetables ⓘ
traditionalDress distinctive woven garments ⓘ
traditionalEconomy subsistence agriculture ⓘ
traditionalHousing stilt houses ⓘ
traditionalLivelihood hill farming ⓘ
shifting cultivation ⓘ
traditionalMusic bamboo instruments ⓘ
traditionalReligion spirit worship ⓘ
usesScript Mro script ⓘ
linked to: Mro

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.