Hmar language

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The Hmar language is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken primarily by the Hmar people in northeastern India, especially in the states of Mizoram, Manipur, and Assam.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Tibeto-Burman language
natural language
associatedWith Hmar culture NERFINISHED
belongsToSubgroup Kuki-Chin branch
closelyRelatedTo Kuki-Chin languages NERFINISHED
Mizo language NERFINISHED
country India
ethnicGroup Hmar people NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Hmar NERFINISHED
Hmar ṭawng NERFINISHED
hasCommunityEffort Hmar language publications
language preservation initiatives
hasConsonantInventory typical Tibeto-Burman consonant system
hasDialects various regional varieties
hasEducationalUse taught informally in community settings
hasGrammarType SOV word order (typical of Tibeto-Burman)
hasISO639Code hmr
hasLinguisticTypology agglutinative features
hasMediaUse used in local print and digital media
hasNativeSpeakersIn Assam NERFINISHED
Manipur NERFINISHED
Mizoram NERFINISHED
hasPhonologicalType tonal language (Sino-Tibetan family tendency)
hasReligiousText Bible translations in Hmar
hasRiskStatus potentially vulnerable
hasStandardForm emerging standard based on church and literary usage
hasStatus minority language in India
hasVowelInventory small to moderate vowel system
isPartOf linguistic diversity of Northeast India
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan NERFINISHED
Tibeto-Burman
region Northeast India
scriptDirection left-to-right
spokenBy Hmar people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Assam NERFINISHED
India
Manipur NERFINISHED
Mizoram NERFINISHED
northeastern India
usedBy Hmar churches NERFINISHED
Hmar community organizations NERFINISHED
usedFor daily communication
education (local contexts)
religious activities
usedIn Hmar Christian hymns
Hmar literature NERFINISHED
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Kuki-Chin languages hasMember Hmar language