Mru Language
Location
The majority of the Murong people reside within Bangladesh on the eastern border with Myamar. The indegenious group also spreads into Myamar. Maymar has a large population of Murong, they reside within Western Myanmar. They Murong people also can be found within India in the West Bengal
The group within Bangladesh live in the Chittagong Hill Tracts near the city of Chittagong. They specifically live within the Bandarban District which is one of three districts in the Hill Tracts.
Language
The language is called Mru. Currently UNESCO is classifying the language as Severely Endangered. This is caused by the language not being spoken by a great amount of people. Current estimates on the amount of speakers varies, but it seems that it is widely accepted to be around 50,000. However, estimates are not very accurate because it has been over a decade since a major census has been taken. Earlier censuses also place the speakers at a much lower number but that could be because it was a census taken from different sources within different countries.
The language itself is of the Sino-Tibetan language family. There is currently five main dialects of the language, each one belongs to a different clan in separate regions. There are two different writing systems within the language. One is a unique system using Mru made characters while the other uses the Latin based writing system. Both systems are rather new as well.
People
The Murong people live within small villages with each other. There is approximately 80,000 members within the Murong cultural society. Not all members are speakers however, only 50,000 are estimated to be speakers. Of their population, the majority are literate even though they generally didn't write their language until recently. Members of this indigenous group will sometimes attend school within Chittagong city.
Revitalization and Conservation
As of this moment there are no major conservation efforts. The language is slowly dying out as more of the indigenous group die or decide to join the local towns and cities. Doing so is resulting in a change to their culture where they are slowly modernizing. Currently they tend to be the same as they always have but they are starting to use modern inventions, like mass-made clothing, in their day to day lives. If something major isn't done then the language and culture will eventually disappear.