Hmar language

Infobox Language
name=Hmar
nativename="Hmar"
pronunciation=/m̥a/
states=Mizoram, Manipur, and Assam, India; Myanmar
region=Southeast Asia
speakers=India: 83,404 (Census of India, 2001)
familycolor=Sino-Tibetan
fam2=Tibeto-Burman
fam3=Kuki-Chin-Naga
fam4=Kuki-Chin
fam5=Central Kuki-Chin
script=Latin alphabet
nation=none, recognized as a minority language in Assam, Manipur and Mizoram
iso3=hmrThe Hmar language belongs to the Kuki-Chin-Naga group of Tibeto-Burman stock of the great Sino-Tibetan family of languages. The speakers of the language are also known as Hmar.

Hmar speakers are scattered over a vast area in Mizoram, Manipur, 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.

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

External links

*Manipur Online [http://www.manipuronline.com/Features/June2002/hmar11_2.htm "The Unresolved Issues of the Hmar"]
*Hmar.net [http://hmar.net/ "Infobase of the indigenous Hmar people"]
*Sinlung News [http://sinlung.com]