Garo language

Garo is the spoken language of the Garo people (also: Mandi, proper name: Achik ), an ethnic group in north-eastern India and Bangladesh. In India, 889 000 speakers were counted (2001), 120,000 in Bangladesh (2005), the population size is thus about 1 million. The language belongs to the group of Bodo - Koch languages ​​within the tibetoburmanischen languages. Other names are Garrow and Mande.

Garo is taught in elementary school, written in Latin letters. There are films, dictionaries and grammars on Garo. Since the Garos were evangelized Christian, the Bible is translated to Garo.

It is a living language that is spoken by all age groups. The Garo live on the border between India ( Meghalaya, Garo Hills District, Western Assam, Goalpara, Kamrup, Karbi Anglong District, Nagaland, Kohima District, Tripura, South Tripura District, Udaipur subdivision, North Tripura District, Kamalpur, Kailasahar subdivisions, West Tripura District, Sadar subdivision, West Bengal, Jalpaiguri and Cooch Behar districts) and Bangladesh ( in the northeast, plains Mymensingh, Tangail Shripur, Jamelpur, Netrakara, Sylhet, Dhaka ).

There are several dialects: A'beng ( A'bengya, Am'beng ) A'chick ( A'chik ) A'we, Chisak, Dacca, Ganching, Kamrup, matchi. The Achik dialect is the most common in India, the Abeng dialect is mainly spoken in Bangladesh.