Bori language
Tani language spoken in India
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Bori is a Tani language of India. Bori is spoken in Payum Circle, West Siang District, Arunachal Pradesh (Megu 1988).
| Bori | |
|---|---|
| Bori-Karko | |
| Region | Arunachal Pradesh |
Sino-Tibetan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | (included under Adi [adi]) |
| Glottolog | bori1243 |
| ELP | Bori |
 Bori is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger. | |
Bori is spoken by the Bori, an indigenous tribal people of India.
Post (2013)[1] and Ethnologue classify Karko as a variety of Bori.[2]
Phonology
Megu (1988) defines the consonant and vowel inventories as follows:[3]
Grammar
Plurality is expressed by adding the auxiliary kídíng after the noun. Nouns have no inherent gender, but animals of a specific sex can be marked by two grammatical genders: masculine and feminine. The masculine is marked by the -bo suffix and the feminine is marked by the -né suffix. The word order is SOV.
Four cases are marked by a suffix on the noun. These are the locative, accusative, instrumental, and dative. The habitual aspect is marked by -do and the continuous aspect is marked by -dung. -la and -toka are imperative suffixes. -la can also be used for the interrogative.
Personal pronouns denote three persons and two numbers.[3]
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ngo | ngolu |
| 2 | no | nolu |
| 3 | bí | bulu |
