Boroic languages
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The Boroic languages (also simply Boro languages in a wider sense[1]) are a group within the Boro-Garo languages which are spoken in and around the Brahmaputra basin, Barak Valley and Tripura of present-day northeast India. They are:
Geographic
distributionIndia
distributionIndia
Subdivisions
- Boro
- Dimasa
- Kachari
- Kokborok
- Tiwa
- Barman
| Boroic | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution | India |
| Linguistic classification | Sino-Tibetan |
| Subdivisions |
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| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | boro1284 |
The Barman language is a Boroic language spoken by the Barman Kacharis.
Ethnologue (21st edition) include Riang and Usoi as separate languages within the Kokborok language cluster.
Jacquesson (2017:112)[2] also includes Bru (also known as Riang) as a Bodo language.
Notes
References
- George van Driem (2001) Languages of the Himalayas: An Ethnolinguistic Handbook of the Greater Himalayan Region. Brill.
- Joseph, U.V.; and Burling, Robbins. 2006. Comparative phonology of the Boro Garo languages. Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages Publication.
- Wood, Daniel Cody. 2008. An Initial Reconstruction of Proto-Boro-Garo. M.A. Thesis, University of Oregon.