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ALSO KNOWN AS		Murung, Mro, Mrung, Maru, Niopreng, Mro-Mru, Mroo, မရူ
CLASSIFICATION		Sino-Tibetan, Mruic
ORTHOGRAPHY		Mro script (invented in 1980's)
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		mro
DOWNLOAD		As csv
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Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 17th Edition (2013)” . Paul M. Lewis; Gary F. Simons; and Charles D. Fennig · Dallas, Texas: SIL International

Vulnerable

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
50,000 (population total, all countries)
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
30,000 Mru speakers live in Bangladesh.

TRANSMISSION

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Spoken by the Mru of all ages

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Marma; Bengali; Chittagonian

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

80% of the Mru also speak Marma

Scripts (Writing system)

Mro script (invented in 1980's)

Competing Orthographies

Latin script

PLACES: Bangladesh; India; Myanmar

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Bangladesh: Chittagong division, Bandarban district

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
40,000
Native speakers worldwide

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
40,000
Native speakers worldwide

MORE ON VITALITY

Speakers are losing their language in favour of Bengali.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Bengali

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
81,231
Native speakers worldwide

17th	2013	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 17th Edition (2013)			Paul M. Lewis; Gary F. Simons; and Charles D. Fennig	Dallas, Texas: SIL International			http://www.ethnologue.com Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 17th Edition (2013)		Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.), 2013. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 17th edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.		50,000 (population total, all countries)	10000-99999	30,000 Mru speakers live in Bangladesh.	Marma; Bengali; Chittagonian	80% of the Mru also speak Marma	Vulnerable (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	11	Spoken by the Mru of all ages	Bangladesh; India; Myanmar	Bangladesh: Chittagong division, Bandarban district
3rd	2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger				UNESCO Publishing	Paris		http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub	40,000	10000-99999				Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					21.7748,92.2741
	2007	South Asia and the Middle East	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages	289-348	Christopher Mosely	London and NewYork: Routledge		4		George Van Driem	Driem, George Van. 2007. "South Asia and the Middle East." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by Christopher Mosely. 289-348. London and NewYork: Routledge.		40,000	10000-99999		Bengali		Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		Speakers are losing their language in favour of Bengali.
		World Oral Literature Project							http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.		81,231	10000-99999				Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)

Mru

Language metadata

Language information by source

Vulnerable

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

50,000 (population total, all countries)

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

40,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

40,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

81,231

Discussion

Mru

Language metadata

Language information by source

Vulnerable

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

50,000 (population total, all countries)

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

40,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

40,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

81,231

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