Kachari language
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| Kachari | |
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| Spoken in | Assam, India |
| Native speakers | 59,000 (1997) |
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| ISO 639-3 | xac |
Kachari (or Cachari) is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken by about 59,000 people (as of 1997[update])[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]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.) (2005). "Kachari". Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Fifteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.: SIL International. http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=xac.
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