Mara Chin in India

2. Status

Status

Official country wide language
Official regional language
Official minority language
Recognised community language
Unrecognised community language

National language

No

Indigenous language

Yes

Administrative units of the country

NER

3. State

Documentation: materials

Written

Extended corpora
Annotated corpora
Corpus/corpora
Materials/corpus
Some materials
No materials

Digital

Yes

Comments

1. There are some written materials like articles written in Roman script in the given link:
https://web.archive.org/web/20090925003203/
http://www.maraland.net/articles/mara-articles.html
Chin, Mara Genesis Translation by The Bible Society of India. https://archive.org/details/rosettaproject_mrh_gen-2
2. There are news articles also in Roman script: https://web.archive.org/web/20090925021610/http://www.maraland.net/news.html

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Video

Extended corpora
Annotated corpora
Corpus/corpora
Materials/corpus
Some materials
No materials

Digital

Yes

Comments

1. There are some videos in YouTube that shows the culture and traditions of the Mara-Chin speakers. There is a teaching video on Mara Language: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWKRJHoCIkI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbqfFkYPjNc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdW74xs4E60
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09BOxIhLjHQ
2. There are Gospels and songs available in this website: https://web.archive.org/web/20090926082902/http://www.maraland.net/videos.html

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Audio

Extended corpora
Annotated corpora
Corpus/corpora
Materials/corpus
Some materials
No materials

Digital

Yes

Comments

https://globalrecordings.net/en/program/17591
https://worldbibles.org/language_detail/eng/mrh/Chin,+Mara

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Documentation: descriptions

Elaborated dictionaries, grammars, statistical language models, etc.
Dictionaries and grammars
Dictionary and grammar
Glossary and descriptions
Few descriptions
No descriptions

Digital

Yes

Comments

There is description about Mara community and language in theri own website: https://siaha.nic.in/culture-heritage/ . Some works on Mara-Chin.
1. Reginald Arthur Lorrain. 1951. Grammar and Dictionary of the Lakher or Mara Language.
2. Löffler, Lorenz G. 2004. Some notes on Maraa: II. LTBA 27. 61-88.
3. Arden, Michelle J. 2010. A phonetic, phonological, and morphosyntactic analysis of the Mara language. (Doctoral dissertation, San Jose State University; 179pp.)
4. Löffler, Lorenz G. 2004. Some notes on Maraa: II. LTBA 27. 61-88.
5. Kharlukhi, C. 2014. Case system in Mara, Biate and Halam-Ranglong Tibeto-Burman languages. In War, J. and S. K. Singh and S. A. Lyngdoh and B. Khyriem (eds.), Tibeto-Burman Linguistics of North-East India, 23-32. Guwahati: EBH Publishers.
https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/mara1382

Standardization

Modern standard language
Young standard language
Standardised language
Quasi-standard language
Semi-standardised language
Un-standardised language

Comments

Mara language is taught as one language paper in schools. Also there is Siaha district council website in which the official language used is Mara for writing purposes. The link for the website is: https://madc.mizoram.gov.in/

Graphisation & script encoding

Standardised writing system with full script encoding
Conventionalised writing system with partial script encoding
Consistent writing system with no script encoding
Unsystematic writing system(s)
Limited written use
No written use

Comments

Mara language uses Latin script to write. Mara Alphabets: A, AW, Y, B, CH, D, E, F, H, I, K, L, M, N, NG, Ô, O, P, R, S, T, U, V, Z.
Source: https://siaha.nic.in/culture-heritage/

4. Users

Geographical distribution

Users live and dominate in all regions of the country
Users live in one [state/...] of the country
Users live in a cross-border region [state/...] of the country
Users live in separated [states/...] of the country
Users live dispersed across one [state/...] of the country
Users live scattered all over the country

Settlements

Rural
Urban

Administrative units of the country

Mizoram

Size / Number of users

Number of users

38671

Source

Census of India

Year

2011

Comments

In Census, of India 2011, under LAKHER language Mara is listed. The number of speakers given here is only for Mara. But in the history about Mara it is mentioned that Lakher is also Mara people.

Users within total population

Users within the reference community

Age distribution of users

Generational use

Educational attainment

Language competence

Literacy of users

Digital use

5. Use

Socio-geographic dimension

Geographic scope

International
Supranational
Cross-border (states)
State-wide
Supra-regional cross-border
Supra-regional
Regional cross-border
Regional
Local

Economic dimension

Functional use in administration

Language use in administration

International level
National level
Regional level
Local level
Auxiliary use
No use

Types of language use

signed / spoken use
written use
digital use

Comments

Mara language uses Latin script in the Local level administration. Their website link: https://madc.mizoram.gov.in/page/a-brief-history-of-maraland

Ethnoculture

No use
Informal learning
Skills and knowledge
Performing arts
Social practices
Customary law
Traditional medicine
Knowledge and practices
Traditions and expressions

Formal Education

Early childhood education

Primary level

Lower secondary level

Higher secondary level

Tertiary level

Public healthcare

Language not used
Translations
Healthcare information
Nursing care (incl. elderly)
Doctor-patient communication
Generally used

Information, communication and cultural production

Information services
Broadcasting
Video, film
Sound/music recording
Publishing activities
Language not used

Information services
Broadcasting
Video, film
Sound/music recording
Publishing activities
Language not used

Information services
Broadcasting
Video, film
Sound/music recording
Publishing activities
Language not used

Information services
Broadcasting
Video, film
Sound/music recording
Publishing activities
Language not used

Digital sphere

Language not used
Texting and messaging
Social media
Blogs, web pages, e-books
Edutainment products and services
Social media have a localized interface
Localized web search and e-commerce services
Localized operating systems
Machine translation
Top level domain name

Language not used
Texting and messaging
Social media
Blogs, web pages, e-books
Edutainment products and services
Social media have a localized interface
Localized web search and e-commerce services
Localized operating systems
Machine translation
Top level domain name

Language not used
Texting and messaging
Social media
Blogs, web pages, e-books
Edutainment products and services
Social media have a localized interface
Localized web search and e-commerce services
Localized operating systems
Machine translation
Top level domain name

Legal system

Language use in the legal system

General use
Legal transactions
Court proceedings
Written submissions
Spoken/signed testimonies
Language not used

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