4-776: Sinlung (origin: Hmar ; Chhinlung in Mizo ; Chinlung in Chin ; Khul in Thadou ) is the supposed 'ancestral origin' of the Hmar people (or the larger Mizo people ), the Chin people , etc. The exact location is unknown, but it is believed somewhere in southern China . Several narratives of Sinlung have been 'enshrined' largely in Hmar folklore, such as the Sikpui Hla . Several scholars agree that 'Sinlung' literally translates to 'sin' as 'lid' and 'lung' as 'stone' (in
8-552: Is a modified version of the Roman script with some diacritic marks to help pronounce the dialect. Khawsak dialect of Hmar is spoken in the following locations Since Hmar speakers are scattered over a vast area in Mizoram , Manipur , Meghalaya , Tripura , Chittagong Hill tracts , and Cachar district of Assam state and Myanmar, there appears to be slight dialectal distinction. In Manipur, Hmar exhibits partial mutual intelligibility with
12-568: The Hmar language ). Therefore, there is an assumption that Sinlung refers to a 'cave with a stone lid.' Hmar language The Hmar language(Northern Mizo) belongs to the Mizo language branch of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages. The speakers of this language use Mizo language as their second language (L2). Hmar is a recognised language in the School curriculum of Assam , Manipur and Mizoram , and also recently recognised as one of
16-545: The Modern Indian Language (MIL) at Manipur University . Board of Secondary Education, Assam has also included Hmar as an MIL in its matriculation syllabus from 2005. Both Manipur University and Assam University , Silchar has also permitted Khawsak Hmar language to be studied as Modern Indian Language in the Graduation level. The Hmar alphabets, known as Hmar Hawrawp has 25 letters: 6 vowels and 19 consonants. It
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