Geographic
distribution: India Glottolog: None | Subdivisions: Bodo
Garo | |
Linguistic classification: Sino-Tibetan
Brahmaputran
Bodo–Koch
Bodo–Garo Tiwa (Lalung) | ||
The Bodo–Garo languages are a small family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in eastern India. The name Bodo is not related with the Tibetan ethnonym bod, which is the basis of the names Bodic and Bodish.
Bodo–Garo consists of two well defined branches:
Bodo is an official language of the Indian state of Assam. Kokborok, or Tripuri, is the official languages of the state of Tripura. Megam has been strongly influenced by Khasic languages.
References
Bodo–Garo languages Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA