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Dimasa
Grao-Dima গ্ৰাউ-ডিমা
Native to
India
Region
Assam, Nagaland
Ethnicity
Dimasa
Native speakers
137,184 (2011 census (Dima Hasao))[1]
Language family
Sino-Tibetan
Tibeto-Burman
Central Tibeto-Burman (?)
Brahmaputran
Boro–Garo
Dimasa
Writing system
Latin script, Eastern Nagari
Language codes
ISO 639-3
dis
Glottolog
dima1251
ELP
Dimasa
The Dimasa language is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken by the Dimasa people of the Northeastern Indian states of Assam and Nagaland. The Dimasa language is known to Dimasas as "Grao-Dima" and it is similar to Boro, Kokborok and Garo languages.
^"Statement 1: Abstract of Speakers' Strength of Languages and Mother Tongues - 2011" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 July 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2018 – via Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India.
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