Hmar

HMR

educational

Alternate Names: Hamar, Hmari, Mhar

Dialects: None known. Reportedly similar to Zou ,.

Genealogy:

Sino-Tibetan
Tibeto-Burman
Sal
Kuki-Chin-Naga
Kuki-Chin
Central

Demographics: 83,400 (2001 census).

Language Use: Also use Assamese [asm], Meitei [mni], Mizo [lus]. Used as L2 by Sakachep [sch].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 90%. Taught in primary schools. Dictionary. Grammar. Bible: 1968–2004.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: India

Other Comments: A Scheduled Tribe. Ethnic Hmar living in Mizoram speak Mizo , as L1. Christian.