Mro Letter Keaae

Use a layout that supports the Mro script.

Typing support and display support are separate: a font without Mro coverage may show a box or question mark even when the text contains the right character.

Mro runs left to right and uses no combining marks; 𖩌 is a letter in its own right, not a base assembled with an accent.

What does 𖩌 mean in Mro?

It is the Mro letter for the k sound, used inside words. The alphabet writes vowels as separate letters. For example, 𖩌𖩑𖩗 means “village,” and 𖩄𖩑𖩁𖩌𖩑 means “owl”; 𖩌 sits inside the second word.

Menley Mro developed the script in the 1980s alongside the Krama religious movement. It gave Mro speakers a writing system of their own; early poems and songs used it, and community teaching spread it through villages.

By 2026, Mro writing appeared in books, on smartphones, and on social media in Bangladesh and Myanmar.