Mro-Khimi language
| Mro-Khimi | |
|---|---|
| Mro | |
| Native to | Burma |
| Ethnicity | Mro-Khimi people (Mro Chin) |
Native speakers | 75,000 (2012)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | cmr |
| Glottolog | mroc1235 |
Mro-Khimi[2] (also Mro,[3] Mro Wakim. or Mro Chin) is a Kuki-Chin language of Burma spoken by the Mro-Khimi people.[4]
Geographical distribution
Mro-Khimi is spoken in the following townships of Myanmar (Ethnologue).
- Chin State: Paletwa township
- Rakhine State: Kyauktaw, Buthidaung, Ponnagyun, Pauktaw, Mrauk U, and Maungdaw townships.
Dialects
There are 4 main dialects of Mro-Khimi (Ethnologue).
- Arang (Ahraing Khami, Areung, Aroeng)
- Xengna (Hrengna)
- Xata
- Vakung (Wakun, Wakung)
Wakun (Vakung) is the most widely spoken and understood dialect (Horney 2009:5). Horney (2009:5) also lists Aryn, Dau, Khuitupui, Likhy, Pamnau, Tuiron, Xautau, and Xienau as dialects of khami. Horney (2009) describes phonologies of the Wakun and Xautau dialects.[2]
References
- ^ Mro-Khimi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ a b Hornéy, Christina Scotte (2012). A phonological analysis of Mro Khimi (PDF) (MA thesis). Grand Forks: University of North Dakota.
- ^ Hartmann, Helga (2001). "Prenasalization and preglottalization in Daai Chin with parallel examples from Mro and Mara" (PDF). Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area. 24: 123–142.
- ^ Andrew, R. F. St. (1873). "A Short Account of the Hill Tribes of North Aracan". The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. 2: 233. doi:10.2307/2841171. ISSN 0959-5295.
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