The Hmar language is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken as the primary language by the Hmar people of Northeast India. Speakers of Hmar often use Mizo as their second language.

Classification

The Hmar language is a member of the Tibeto-Burman language family.

Geographical distribution

Regions and speaker numbers

The 2011 Census of India recorded 98,988 speakers of Hmar as a native language.

Phonology

Alphabet (Hmar Hawrawp) and Orthography

The Hmar alphabets, known as Hmar Hawrawp, has 25 letters: 6 vowels and 19 consonants. It is a modified version of the Roman script with some diacritic marks to help in pronunciation.

Pronunciation

See also

• Mizo language

• Kuki-Chin languages

• Languages of Northeast India

• Hmar people

• Hmar literature

References