Kachari language
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Kachari | ||
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Spoken in: | Assam, India | |
Total speakers: | ~59,000 (1997) | |
Language family: | Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Jingpho-Konyak-Bodo Konyak-Bodo-Garo languages Bodo-Garo Bodo Kachari |
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Language codes | ||
ISO 639-1: | none | |
ISO 639-2: | sit | |
ISO 639-3: | xac | |
Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-based pronunciation key. |
Kachari (or Cachari) is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken by about 59,000 people (as of 1997[1]) in Assam, India.
Less than 30% of the Kachari people speak the Kachari language as their mother tongue. Most grow up speaking Assamese instead.[1]