Bodo–Koch languages

The Bodo - Koch languages ​​- Bodo - Garo languages ​​or languages ​​Malabar - form a sub- unit of the Bodo - Konyak - Jingpho languages ​​belonging to the Tibeto-Burman languages ​​, a primary branch of the Sino Tibetan. The eleven Bodo - Koch languages ​​are spoken by 2.3 million people in northeast India in the state of Assam and neighboring Bangladesh. The largest individual languages ​​are the Kokborok or Tripuri with 800,000, the Bodo or Boro 600,000 and the Garo with 700,000 speakers. The Bodo -Koch divided into Bodo - Garo and Koch and the individual language Chutiya.

Bodo -Koch within the Sino Tibetan

  • Sino-Tibetan Tibetobirmanisch Bodo - Konyak - Jingpho Bodo - Koch ( Barisch )
  • Konyak - Naga ( Naga North )
  • Jingpho - Sak ( Kachin Luisch )

Internal classification and numbers of speakers

  • Bodo -Koch or Barisch Chutiya ( Deori, Deuri ) ( 27,000 speakers, ethnic 50,000 )
  • Bodo - Garo Bodo Kokborok ( Tripuri ) ( 800,000 ) Dialects: Debbarma (main dialect), Noatia, Jamatia, Halam
  • Bodo ( Boro, Meche ) ( 600,000 )
  • Dimasa ( 105,000 )
  • Kachari ( 55,000 )
  • Tiwa ( Lalung, Dowyan ) ( 25,000 )
  • Koch ( 35,000 ) dialects: Banai = Pani, Wanang, Harigaya, Satpariya, Tintekiya
  • Rabha ( 30,000 ) dialects: Maitaria, Rangdania
  • A'tong
  • Ruga almost †

Classification and numbers of speakers according to the specified web link.

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