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Koch language

Sal (Sino-Tibetan) language spoken in India and Bangladesh From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Koch language
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Koch is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the Koch people of India and Bangladesh. It is primarily spoken in the Indian states of Meghalaya, West Bengal, and Lower Assam and in the northern parts of the country Bangladesh, where it serves as a major means of communication among the Koches (including Koch-Rajbongshi) and other ethnic groups in the region. Koch language is written with Assamese, Bengali, Roman scripts.

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There is an organization Koch Krorang Mathop in Tura, Meghalaya which publishes Koch materials, such as books, an annual Koch magazine. Koch Development Forum is also working on the promotion of the Koch language among the Koch people who have now switched their language to Indo-Aryan languages.

The state and National Anthem of Assam in Koch :

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Dialects

The Koch language is currently represented by five surviving dialects, which are as follows:

  1. Harigaya,
  2. Tintikiya,
  3. Wanang/Swmbri,
  4. Chapra and
  5. Margan

Short representation of the various dialects:

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Geographical distribution

Koch is spoken in:

Notes

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