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Tiwa language (India)

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Native to
  
India

Native speakers
  
27,000 (2001 census)

Region
  
Assam

ISO 639-3
  
lax


Ethnicity
  
171,000 Tiwa (Lalung) (2001 census)

Language family
  
Sino-Tibetan Brahmaputran Bodo–Koch Bodo–Garo Bodo Tiwa

Tiwa Or Lalung, is a Sino-Tibetan language of Assam in North East India.

Geographical distribution

Like most languages of the hill tribes of the northeast, Tiwa does not have its own script and is written in the Roman alphabet, officially in English script. Tiwa is spoken in the following districts (Ethnologue).

  • Assam
  • Nagaon district
  • Karbi Anglong district
  • Kamrup district
  • Sibsagar district
  • Lakhimpur district
  • Meghalaya
  • Khasi Hills district

    • References

    Tiwa language (India) Wikipedia
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