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Lakher Language – Grammar & Dictionary by Fred W. Savidge, published in the year 1908 is available for reading online.

Mara is a Kuki-Chin language spoken primarily in the Indian state of Mizoram and in Chin State, Myanmar. It is often called Lakher in the literature (Prof. Bedell).

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The Cover story:

A Grammar and dictionary of the Lakher language

by Fred. W. Savidge, of the Arthington mission, Fort Lungleh (Lunglei).

Published by Authority?

Printed at the Pioneer Press, Allahabad 1908. Price Rs.3.

Hardvard University, Library of the Peabody Museum, gift of Roland Burrace Dixon (Ph.D 1900), of Harvard, Massachusetts.

Received May 7, 1936.

Thanks to Harvard University and Google Books for keeping this book available online.

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Prof. Bedell, an expert of Southeast Asian langauges has written several papers on the similarities and differences between Mara, Lai and Mizo(PDF) Kuki-Chin languages.