Marma

The Marma language is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken by the Marma people, Bangladesh's second-largest indigenous community, primarily in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. Related to Burmese and Rakhine, it is an agglutinative language with its own Burmese-based script and is used in some schools, though it faces challenges from the dominant Bengali language. Marma is a tonal language, with studies identifying high, low, and falling tones. Speaking their mother tongue is crucial for the Marma people in maintaining their distinct identity and cultural heritage.