• Source: Mara language

Mara (Mara reih; pronounced [mərà reɪ], မရာဘာသာစကား; pronounced [mərà bàθàzəɡá]) is a Kuki-Chin language spoken by Mara people, mostly the Tlosai tribe living in 30 villages of Chhimtuipui district, southern Mizoram, India and the adjacent villages in Burma.
The Mara (Tlosai) languages belong to the Kuki-Chin branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family. The speakers of the languages are also known as Mara (Tlosais).
Mara is a recognised language in the Mara Autonomous District Council (MADC) school curriculum. Mara is a compulsory subject for all schools up to class VII (middle school) under the Board of School Education, MADC.

Mara is a Kuki-Chin language spoken by Mara people.




Orthography


Mara alphabet (capital letters) A, AW, Y, B, CH, D, E, F, H, I, K, L, M, N, NG, O, Ô, P, R, S, T, U, V, Z
Mara alphabet (lowercase letters) a, aw, y, b, ch, d, e, f, h, i, k, l, m, n, ng, o, ô, p, r, s, t, u, v, z
Mara diphthongs ao, yu, ai, ei, ia, ie, ua




Grammar






= Plurals

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The plural form of a noun is formed by affixing one of the following terms to the end of the noun:

zy (zeu)
zydua (zeu-dua)
nawh
sahlao (sha-hlawh)
Today the Mara language has its own alphabet; words inside brackets show author N.E. Parry's transliterations from 1937.




= Interrogative words in Mara

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= Pronouns

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Singular

1st person: keima, kei - I
2nd person: nâma, na - you
3rd person: ano, a or ama' - he, she, it
Plural

1st person: eima - we
2nd person: nâmo, nâma - you
3rd person: âmo - they




= Possessive Pronouns

=
Singular

Keima, ei - my
Keima eih, kei eih - mine
Nâma, na - thy (you)
Nâma eih, na eih - thine (yours)
Ama, a - him, her, it
Ama eih, a eih - his, hers, its
Plural

Keimo - our
Keimo eih - ours
Nâmo - your
Ahyrai - anyone
Ahy tlyma - someone, a certain one
A tlâhpi - some . . . others
A hropa - another, others
Ama zydua ta - all




Phonology






= Consonants

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A glottal stop [ʔ] may occur in onsets as a result of morphological combinations.
/t/ can be dental as [t̪] before /ɑ/ or /i/.
/k/ can also be heard as uvular [q] before /ɑ/ or /i/.
/s, z/ when preceding /i/ can be heard as alveolo-palatal [ɕ, ʑ].
Pre-aspiration can also be heard among nasals as [ʱm, ʱn].




= Vowels

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Sounds /o/ and /ɑ̝/ can be heard in free variation as [ɔ, ɐʊ] and [ʌ].




References






External links



The Mara people
Maraland: The Home of the Maras on the internet
A grammar and dictionary of the Lakher language, by Fred W. Savidge (1908) (Scanned at Internet Archive)
Mara language on Ethnologue

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