They primarily speak the Mru language, a Tibeto-Burman language, and one of the recognized languages of Bangladesh. The Mru language is considered “definitely endangered” by UNESCO in June 2010. The language of the Mro can be classified under Sino-Tibetan or Tibeto-Burman linguistic group. Dialects include Anok, Downpreng and Sungma. It has 13% lexical similarity with Khami and 72%-76% with Anu-Hkongsu. In Bangladesh, around 91% — 98% of the population speaks Downpreng and Sungma dialects. Both Latin and Mru alphabets, formed in 1980s, are used in writing even though the latter is more commonly used for the literacy development. It is also categorized as a developing language.

Properties

Range 16A40–16A6F
Characters 48

List of Characters

  • Letters

  • 𖩀
    Mro Letter Ta
  • 𖩁
    Mro Letter Ngi
  • 𖩂
    Mro Letter Yo
  • 𖩃
    Mro Letter Mim
  • 𖩄
    Mro Letter Ba
  • 𖩅
    Mro Letter Da
  • 𖩆
    Mro Letter A
  • 𖩇
    Mro Letter Phi
  • 𖩈
    Mro Letter Khai
  • 𖩉
    Mro Letter Hao
  • 𖩊
    Mro Letter Dai
  • 𖩋
    Mro Letter Chu
  • 𖩌
    Mro Letter Keaae
  • 𖩍
    Mro Letter Ol
  • 𖩎
    Mro Letter Maem
  • 𖩏
    Mro Letter Nin
  • 𖩐
    Mro Letter Pa
  • 𖩑
    Mro Letter Oo
  • 𖩒
    Mro Letter O
  • 𖩓
    Mro Letter Ro
  • 𖩔
    Mro Letter Shi
  • 𖩕
    Mro Letter Thea
  • 𖩖
    Mro Letter Ea
  • 𖩗
    Mro Letter Wa
  • 𖩘
    Mro Letter E
  • 𖩙
    Mro Letter Ko
  • 𖩚
    Mro Letter Lan
  • 𖩛
    Mro Letter La
  • 𖩜
    Mro Letter Hai
  • 𖩝
    Mro Letter Ri
  • 𖩞
    Mro Letter Tek
  • Not defined
  • Digits

  • 𖩠
    Mro Digit Zero
  • 𖩡
    Mro Digit One
  • 𖩢
    Mro Digit Two
  • 𖩣
    Mro Digit Three
  • 𖩤
    Mro Digit Four
  • 𖩥
    Mro Digit Five
  • 𖩦
    Mro Digit Six
  • 𖩧
    Mro Digit Seven
  • 𖩨
    Mro Digit Eight
  • 𖩩
    Mro Digit Nine
  • Not defined
  • Not defined
  • Not defined
  • Not defined
  • Punctuation

  • 𖩮
    Mro Danda
  • 𖩯
    Mro Double Danda

Table of Characters

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