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| Mro-Khimi | |
|---|---|
| Mro, Khimi | |
| Native to | Burma |
| Ethnicity | Mro-Khimi people (Mro Chin) |
Native speakers | 75,000 (2012)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | cmr |
| Glottolog | mroc1235 |
Mro-Khimi[2] (alsoMro,[3]Khimi,Mro Chin,Mro-Khimi Chin) is aKuki-Chin language ofBurma spoken by theMro-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 ofEastern Khumi, 81%–85% with Lemi variety of Eastern Khumi, and 77%–81% with Kaladan Khumi.[6]
Mro-Khimi is spoken in the following townships of Myanmar (Ethnologue).
There are 4 main dialects of Mro-Khimi (Ethnologue).
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]
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