Bodo–Garo languages
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| Bodo | |
| Geographic distribution: | India |
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The Bodo–Garo languages are a small family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in eastern India. The name Bodo is not related with the Tibetan ethnonym bod, which is the basis of the names Bodic and Bodish.
Bodo–Garo consists of two well defined branches:
- Bodo
- Bodo, Dimasa, Tiwa (Lalung), Tripuri (Kokborok, Reang, Usoi), Kachari, Hojai, Moran (extinct)
- Formerly Hajong
- Garo
- Garo and Megam
Bodo is an official language of the Indian state of Assam. Kokborok, or Tripuri, is the official languages of the state of Tripura. Megam has been strongly influenced by Khasic languages.
See also
References
Bibliography
- George van Driem (2001) Languages of the Himalayas: An Ethnolinguistic Handbook of the Greater Himalayan Region. Brill.
- Wood, Daniel Cody (2008) An Initial Reconstruction of Proto-Boro-Garo (MSc Thesis, University of Oregon)
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