Alternate Names: Maru, Mrung, Murung
Dialects: Anok, Dowpreng, Sungma. Lexical similarity: 13% with Mro-Khimi Chin ,, 72%–76% with Anu-Hkongso Chin ,; lexical similarity with Anok, Dowpreng, and Sungma dialects in Bangladesh is high: 91%-98%.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 30,000 in Bangladesh (2007). Population total all countries: 50,000.
Language Use: All ages. 80% also use Marma [rmz]. Also use Bengali [ben], Chittagonian [ctg].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 10%. Literacy materials are being developed using the Krama script. NT: 1994.
Typology: SOV.
Writing System: Latin, Mro
Nation of Origin: Bangladesh
Other Comments: Ethnically related to the Khumi. 5 linguistically distinct groups: Anok (largest and central) and Tshungma in the north, Domrong in the lowlands north of the Matamuri, Dopreng and Rumma in far south and into Arakan (Brauns and Loffler 1990). Traditional religion.