Not to be confused with Mande languages, Garo dialect of Borneo, or Bosha language.
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Garo (A·chikku)
A·chikku
Native to
India and Bangladesh
Region
Meghalaya, Assam, Bangladesh
Ethnicity
Garo
Native speakers
1,145,323 (2011)[1]
Language family
Sino-Tibetan
Tibeto-Burman
Central Tibeto-Burman (?)
Sal
Bodo-Garo
Garo
Garo (A·chikku)
Dialects
Am·beng,
A·we ba A·kawe,
Matchi,
Matchi-Dual,
Matabeng ba Matjangchi,
Gara-Ganching,
Chisak,
Atong,
Ruga,
Me·gam ba Lyngam,
Chibok,
Kamrup,
Atiagra,
Kotchu ba Koch.
Writing system
Latin script Bengali-Assamese script A-Chik Tok'birim
Language codes
ISO 639-3
grt
Glottolog
garo1247
ELP
Garo
Garo, also referred to by its endonym A·chikku, is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Northeast Indian states of Meghalaya, Assam, and Tripura. It is also spoken in certain areas of the neighbouring Bangladesh. According to the 2001 census, there are about 889,000 Garo speakers in India alone; another 130,000 are found in Bangladesh.
^"Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
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