| Mara | |
| Nativename: | Mara (Tlosaih) |
| Pronunciation: | pronounced as /mrh/ |
| States: | Mizoram, India; Burma |
| Ethnicity: | Mara people |
| Speakers: | ca. 400,000 |
| Date: | 1994–2011 |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Sino-Tibetan |
| Fam2: | Kuki-Chin |
| Fam3: | Maraic |
| Script: | Latin |
| Iso3: | mrh |
| Glotto: | mara1382 |
| Glottorefname: | Mara |
Mara is a Kuki-Chin language spoken by Mara people, mostly the Tlosaih tribe living in 30 villages of Chhimtuipui district, southern Mizoram, India and the adjacent villages in Burma. The Mara (Tlosaih) 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.
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
The plural form of a noun is formed by affixing one of the following terms to the end of the noun:
Today the Mara language has its own alphabet; words inside brackets show author N.E. Parry's transliterations from 1937.
Singular
Plural
Singular
Plural
| Labial | Dental/ Alveolar | (Alveolo-) palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive/ Affricate | voiceless | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | (pronounced as /link/) | |
| aspirated | pronounced as /pʰ/ | pronounced as /tʰ/ | pronounced as /tɕʰ/ | pronounced as /kʰ/ | |||
| voiced | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||
| Fricative | voiceless | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||
| voiced | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||||
| Nasal | plain | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||
| murmured | pronounced as /mʰ/ | pronounced as /nʰ/ | |||||
| Trill | voiced | pronounced as /link/ | |||||
| voiceless | pronounced as /link/ | ||||||
| Lateral | voiced | pronounced as /link/ | |||||
| voiceless | pronounced as /link/ | ||||||
| Approximant | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||
| Front | Central | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ |
| pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||
| Mid | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Open | pronounced as /link/ | |||
| pronounced as /link/ | ||||