Mro-Khimi language
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| Mro-Khimi | |
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| Mro, Khimi | |
| 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] Khimi, Mro Chin, Mro-Khimi Chin) is a Kuki-Chin language of Burma spoken by the Mro-Khimi people.[4] The Mro-Khimi varieties share 91% to 98% lexical similarity.[5] Mro-Khimi is 86%–90% lexically similar to the Likhy variety of Eastern Khumi, 81%–85% with Lemi variety of Eastern Khumi, and 77%–81% with Kaladan Khumi.[5]
Geographical distribution
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- ↑ Mro-Khimi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- 1 2 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: 233–247. doi:10.2307/2841171. ISSN 0959-5295. JSTOR 2841171.
- 1 2 "Myanmar". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-10-10.
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