Kachari language

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Kachari
Spoken in: Assam, India
Total speakers: ~59,000 (1997)
Language family: Sino-Tibetan
 Tibeto-Burman
  Jingpho-Konyak-Bodo
   Konyak-Bodo-Garo languages
    Bodo-Garo
     Bodo
      Kachari
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2: sit
ISO 639-3: xac
Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode.

Kachari (or Cachari) is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken by about 59,000 people (as of 1997[1]) in Assam, India.

Less than 30% of the Kachari people speak the Kachari language as their mother tongue. Most grow up speaking Assamese instead.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.) (2005). "Kachari", Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Fifteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.: SIL International. 
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