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	sister language ~~[[Kokborok language\|Tiprakok script]]~~, [[Bodo language\|Bodo]] recently). The case for Roman Script has been widened by the fact that the largest dictionary in the language has been published by KOHM in it from 1995 onwards and got a bigger second edition in 2003. The Dictionary has become a somewhat official reference of the [[Tripuri people\|Tripuri]] people for Kokborok words and usage.		sister language, [[Bodo language\|Bodo]] recently). The case for Roman Script has been widened by the fact that the largest dictionary in the language has been published by KOHM in it from 1995 onwards and got a bigger second edition in 2003. The Dictionary has become a somewhat official reference of the [[Tripuri people\|Tripuri]] people for Kokborok words and usage.

	== Movement for Kokborok ==		== Movement for Kokborok ==

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The issue of which script to use for the [[Kokborok language]] continues to provoke political controversy.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1140826/jsp/northeast/story_18758722.jsp|title=Demand for Kokborok script|work=The Telegraph|access-date=2018-04-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/agartala/kokborok-a-raw-nerve-in-tripuras-identity-politics/articleshow/62816145.cms|title=Kokborok a raw nerve in Tripura's identity politics – Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2018-04-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://kanglaonline.com/2016/11/demand-for-bengali-script-irks-tripura-kokborok-body/|title=Demand for Bengali script irks Tripura Kokborok body {{!}} KanglaOnline|website=kanglaonline.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-04-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h9KGAwAAQBAJ&q=kokborok+script&pg=PA78|title=Troubled Periphery: The Crisis of India's North East|last=Bhaumik|first=Subir|date=2009-12-10|publisher=SAGE Publications India|isbn=9788132104797|language=en}}</ref>

== Background ==
The line of the [[Ganamukti Parishad]] of [[Dasarath Deb]] was that [[Bengali alphabet|Bengali script]] ought to be used for the language. That policy is the one implemented by the [[Left Front (Tripura)|Left Front]] government in [[Tripura]]. The ethno-nationalist opposition, such as [[Indigenous Nationalist Party of Tripura|INPT]], advocates usage of [[Latin script]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YnhQDwAAQBAJ&q=kokborok+script&pg=PT99|title=Radical Politics and Governance in India's North East: The Case of Tripura|last=Bhattacharyya|first=Harihar|date=2018-03-09|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317211167|language=en}}</ref>

Since 1900 AD started with the pioneer in Tripuri/Kokborok Radhamohan Thakur, till recently most of the literary work had largely been done in Bengali Script. There have also been attempts to create an entirely new script for the language. The most notable one was constructed by Alinda Tripura. It is however, not in use.

== Recent developments ==
But recently in the last two decades a substantial amount of Kokborok literature has been in the European Roman (Latin) Script and kokborok (Tiprakok) alphabet. In 2004 a statewide movement called [[Movement for Kokborok]] was launched by various organisations and societies in Tripura, prominently by [[kokborok society of India]], [[Kokborok tei Hukumu Mission]] and [[Twipra Students Federation]] demanding the
inclusion of
Kokborok at the
University level and
its adoption as an Official language of India (which had been accorded to its
sister language [[Kokborok language|Tiprakok script]], [[Bodo language|Bodo]] recently). The case for Roman Script has been widened by the fact that the largest dictionary in the language has been published by KOHM in it from 1995 onwards and got a bigger second edition in 2003. The Dictionary has become a somewhat official reference of the [[Tripuri people|Tripuri]] people for Kokborok words and usage.

== Movement for Kokborok ==
The Movement for Kokborok organised a national seminar in 2004 which was held at [[Umakanta Academy]], [[Agartala]] and had speakers from various Central Universities and Institutes of [[India]] advocating the use of Roman Script for Kokborok and also on issues for its speedy development in Education for earlier recognition by the Central Government.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CIMMAQAAMAAJ&q=%22movement+for+kokborok%22|title=Borderlines|date=2004|publisher=Binalakshmi Nepram|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HRaVDgAAQBAJ&q=%22movement+for+kokborok%22&pg=PA216|title=Northeast India|last1=Saikia|first1=Yasmin|last2=Baishya|first2=Amit R.|date=2017-04-04|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9781107191297|language=en}}</ref>

== In education ==
The state Government have been teaching in the schools at secondary, higher secondary and at college level in Bengali script only. The [[Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council]] meanwhile has adopted the Roman Script in the schools run by it in two-thirds of the state since 1992.

== Kokborok script ==
Kokborok has an original script known as ''[[Kokborok#Script|Koloma]]'' which is not in popular use. Since the 19th century the Kingdom of Twipra used the Bengali script for writing in Kokborok, and adapted it in an alphabet, much like Bengali alphabet that evolving from early Assamese.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/north-east-india/assam/the-older-than-bengali-assamese-script-now-a-step-closer-to-getting-digital-recognition/|title=The 'older-than-Bengali' Assamese script now a step closer to getting digital recognition|date=2018-06-26|website=The Indian Express|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-13}}</ref>

The Latin script started to be used for writing Kokborok during the former British empire that ruled Tripura. Since the independence of India from the British Empire (followed by the separation of Bangladesh, but the merger of Tripura with India, and not with Bangladesh or with Burma), the [[Latin script]] is being promoted by non-governmental organisations. The Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) government had made regulations in 1992 and 2000 for adoption of Latin script in the school education system in its areas.

== See also ==
*[[Kokborok#Script]]

==External links==
*[http://www.tiprasa.com/articles/viewcomm.asp?identity=34 An article on the script politics]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:Kokborok]]

Script issues of Kokborok - Revision history

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