Marma

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A language of Bangladesh

ISO 639-3
rmz
Alternate Names
“Mogh” (pej.)
Population

150,000 in Bangladesh (2007). Population total all countries: 180,600.

Location

Rangamati, Bandarban, and Khagrachari districts. Also in India.

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Language Status

3 (Wider communication).

Classification
Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Ngwi-Burmese, Burmish, Southern
Dialects

Related to Rakhine [rki].

Language Use

L2 by some Chak [ckh], Usui [usi], and Bangla [ben] speakers in Bandarban District. Home, village.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Marma
Writing
Myanmar (Burmese) script, used in India.
Other Comments

Buddhist, Muslim, Christian.

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