Mro-Khimi_Chin_language References

Mro-Khimi
Mro-Khimi
Mro, Khimi
Native to	Burma
Ethnicity	Mro-Khimi people (Mro Chin)
Native speakers	75,000 (2012)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan ( Tibeto-Burman) Kuki-Chin Khomic Mro-Khimi; ; ; ;
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 with the Likhy variety of Eastern Khumi, 81%–85% with Lemi variety of Eastern Khumi, and 77%–81% with Kaladan Khumi.^[6]

Geographical distribution

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

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

^ Mro-Khimi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ "Myanmar". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-10-10.
^ "Myanmar". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-10-10.

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[e18-1] Mro-Khimi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[Horney-2] Hornéy, Christina Scotte (2012). A phonological analysis of Mro Khimi (PDF) (MA thesis). Grand Forks: University of North Dakota.

[3] 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.

[4] 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.

[:0-5] "Myanmar". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-10-10.

[:02-6] "Myanmar". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-10-10.

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