Mru language

Mru
Mru
Mrung
	The word 𖩌𖩑𖩗 'Kow (Village)' in Mro script
Native to	Bangladesh, Myanmar
Ethnicity	Mru
Native speakers	(50,000 cited 1999–2007)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Mruic Mru; ; ;
Writing system	Mru script, Latin script
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mro
Glottolog	mruu1242
ELP	Mru

Mru, also known as Mrung (Murung), is a Sino-Tibetan language of Bangladesh and Myanmar. It is spoken by a community of Mrus (Mros) inhabiting the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh with a population of 22,000 according to the 1991 census, and in Rakhine State, Myanmar. The Mrus are the second-largest tribal group in Bandarban District of the Chittagong Hill Tracts. A small group of Mros also live in Rangamati Hill District.

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