Rabha language

Rabha is a Sino-Tibetan language of Northeast India. The two dialects, Maitori and Rongdani, are divergent enough to cause problems in communication. According to U.V. Joseph,^[2] there are three dialects, viz. Rongdani, Maitori and Kocha (page ix). Joseph writes that "the Kocha dialect, spoken along the northern bank of the Brahmaputra, is highly divergent and is not intelligible to a Rongdani or Maitori speaker" (page ix). Joseph also writes that "The dialect variations between Rongdani and Maitori, both of which are spoken on the southern bank of the Brahmaputra, in the Goalpara district of Assam and belong to the northern slopes of Meghalaya, are minimal" (pages ix-x). He concludes the paragraph on dialectal variation with: "The Rongdani-Maitori dialectal differences become gradually more marked as one moves further west" (page x).

NativetoIndia

RegionAssam, West Bengal, Meghalaya

EthnicityRabha people

Native speakers

139,986 (2011 census)^[1]

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Rabha
Rabha khurang/krwu
Raba
Native to	India
Region	Assam, West Bengal, Meghalaya
Ethnicity	Rabha people
Native speakers	139,986 (2011 census)[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Sal Boro–Garo Rabha
Dialects	Maitori Rongdani Kocha
Writing system	Assamese script, Bengali script, Latin script
Language codes
ISO 639-3	rah
Glottolog	rabh1238
ELP	Rabha
Map of where Rabha is spoken

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In 2007, U.V. Joseph published a grammar of Rabha with Brill in their series Languages of the Greater Himalayan Region.^[3]