Hmar language

Hmar
Hmar
Pronunciation	[m̥a]
Spoken in	Mizoram, Manipur, and Assam, India; Burma
Region	Southeast Asia
Ethnicity	Hmar people
Native speakers	India: 83,404 (Census of India, 2001)  (date missing)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Kukish Central Hmar
Writing system	Latin
Official status
Official language in	none, recognized as a minority language in Assam, Manipur and Mizoram
Regulated by	No official regulation
Language codes
ISO 639-3	hmr

The Hmar language belongs to the Kukish branch of the Tibeto-Burman family of languages. The speakers of the language are also known as Hmar.

Hmar speakers are scattered over a vast area in Mizoram, Manipur, Meghalaya, Tripura, Chittagong Hill tracts, and NC Hills and Cachar districts of Assam state, India. There is no homegenous settlement of Hmar speakers alone.

Hmar is a recognised language in the School curriculum of Assam, Manipur and Mizoram, and also recently recognised as one of the Modern Indian Language (MIL) at Manipur University. Board of Secondary Education, Assam has also included Hmar as an MIL in its matriculation syllabus from 2005. Both Manipur University and Assam University, Silchar has also permitted HMAR LANGUAGE to be studied as Major Indian Language in the Graduation level.

According to the official 2001 Census of India, there are 83,404 Hmar speakers.

External links

• Learn Hmar Language: Lesson 1 Hmar–English
• Learn Hmar language: Lesson 2 Hmar–English
• Learn Hmar language: Lesson 3 Hmar–English
• Learn Hmar language: Lesson 4 Hmar–English
• Learn Hmar language: Lesson 5 Hmar–English
• Learn Hmar language: Avoiding Common Errors In Hmar
• Learn Hmar language: Tlumte Thlira Thlir In Hmar
• Learn Hmar language: Thumal Lamnon In Hmar

• Hmar Rûnpui : Hmar Social Networking Visit Site
• Manipur Online The Unresolved Issues of the Hmar
• Hmar.in
• Hmarram.com
• Sinlung News [1]
• Entry for Hmar at Rosetta Project