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{{Short description|State in North East India}}
{{Short description|State in North East India}}
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'''Languages of [[Tripura]]''', a state in the [[Northeast India|Northeast]] [[India]], include [[Bengali language|Bengali]] and [[Kokborok language|Kokborok]] as official languages, and many other minority languages.<ref name=nclmanurep2010>{{cite web |url = http://www.nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf |title = Report of the Commissioner for linguistic minorities: 52nd report (July 2014 to June 2015) |pages = 79–84 |publisher = Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India |access-date = 16 February 2016 |df = dmy-all |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161115133948/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf |archive-date = 15 November 2016 }}</ref><ref>[http://kokborokoml.tripura.gov.in/kokborok kokborokoml.tripura.gov.in/kokborok] Website of Directorate of bangali and other minority languages, Government of Tripura</ref><ref>[http://gomati.tripurapolice.gov.in/sites/default/files/uploaded-file/Tripura%20Official%20Language%20Act%2C%201964.pdf gomati.tripurapolice.gov.in/] Tripura Official Languages Act, 1964, website of Tripura Police Department, Kokborok as official language of Tripura</ref><ref>[http://www.tripurauniv.in/index.php/departments?id=400 www.tripurauniv.in/index.php/departments?id=400] Department of Kokborok, Tripura University, A Central University of Government of India</ref> As in the rest of India, English is used for official purpose.<ref name=nclmanurep2010/> [[Bengali language|Bengali]] is the most spoken language, due to the predominance of [[Bengali people]] in the state. [[Kokborok language|Kokborok]] is spoken by the [[Tripuri people]].  
'''Languages of [[Tripura]]''', a state in the [[Northeast India|Northeast]] [[India]], include [[Bengali language|Bengali]] and [[Kokborok language|Kokborok]] as official languages, and many other minority languages.<ref name=nclmanurep2010>{{cite web |url = http://www.nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf |title = Report of the Commissioner for linguistic minorities: 52nd report (July 2014 to June 2015) |pages = 79–84 |publisher = Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India |access-date = 16 February 2016 |df = dmy-all |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161115133948/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf |archive-date = 15 November 2016 }}</ref><ref>[http://kokborokoml.tripura.gov.in/kokborok kokborokoml.tripura.gov.in/kokborok] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728204554/http://kokborokoml.tripura.gov.in/kokborok |date=28 July 2017 }} Website of Directorate of bangali and other minority languages, Government of Tripura</ref><ref>[http://gomati.tripurapolice.gov.in/sites/default/files/uploaded-file/Tripura%20Official%20Language%20Act%2C%201964.pdf gomati.tripurapolice.gov.in/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728204031/http://gomati.tripurapolice.gov.in/sites/default/files/uploaded-file/Tripura%20Official%20Language%20Act%2C%201964.pdf |date=28 July 2017 }} Tripura Official Languages Act, 1964, website of Tripura Police Department, Kokborok as official language of Tripura</ref><ref>[http://www.tripurauniv.in/index.php/departments?id=400 www.tripurauniv.in/index.php/departments?id=400] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160225012637/http://www.tripurauniv.in/index.php/departments?id=400 |date=25 February 2016 }} Department of Kokborok, Tripura University, A Central University of Government of India</ref> As in the rest of India, English is used for official purpose.<ref name=nclmanurep2010/> [[Bengali language|Bengali]] is the most spoken language, due to the predominance of [[Bengali people]] in the state. [[Kokborok language|Kokborok]] is spoken by the [[Tripuri people]].  


{{Pie chart
{{Pie chart
|caption=Languages of Tripura, 2011<ref name="Lang"/><ref>{{Cite web|title=2011 Indian Census: Language and Mother Tongue|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011Census/Language_MTs.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/city/Kolkata/every-5th-bengali-speaker-lives-outside-bengal/amp_articleshow/64770649.cms |title=Every 5th Bengali speaker lives outside Bengal |access-date=7 January 2021}}</ref>
|caption=Languages of Tripura (2011)<ref name="Lang"/><ref>{{Cite web|title=2011 Indian Census: Language and Mother Tongue|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311145639/https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html|archive-date=11 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/Kolkata/every-5th-bengali-speaker-lives-outside-bengal/articleshow/64770649.cms |title=Every 5th Bengali speaker lives outside Bengal |newspaper=The Times of India |date=28 June 2018 |access-date=7 January 2021 |archive-date=21 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201121034108/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/every-5th-bengali-speaker-lives-outside-bengal/articleshow/64770649.cms |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|label1=[[Bengali language|Bengali]]
|label2=[[Tripuri language|Tripuri]]
|label2=[[Tripuri language|Tripuri]]
|label3=[[Chakma language|Chakma]]
|label3=[[Chakma language|Chakma]]
|label4=[[Hindi]]
|label4=[[Mogh language|Mogh]] (Marma)
|label5=[[Mogh language|Mogh]] (Marma)
|label5=[[Meitei language|Meitei]] (Manipuri)
|label6=Others
|label6=[[Central Kuki-Chin languages|Halam]]
|value1=63.48
|label7=[[Bishnupriya Manipuri]]
|value2=25.90
|label8=Others
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|value4=2.11
|value2=25.88
|value5=0.97
|value3=2.29
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|value4=0.97
|value5=0.64
|value6=0.62
|value7=0.60
|value8=5.53
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|color2=deepskyblue
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|color3=yellow
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In the state of [[Tripura]], most of the languages of India are used. Major languages in terms of the number of speakers per 2011 census of India are as follows:<ref name="Lang">{{cite web |title=C-16 Population By Mother Tongue |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-1600.XLSX |website=censusindia.gov.in |access-date=28 March 2021}}</ref>
In the state of [[Tripura]], most of the languages of India are used. Major languages in terms of the number of speakers per 2011 census of India are as follows:<ref name="Lang">{{cite web |title=C-16 Population By Mother Tongue |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-1600.XLSX |website=censusindia.gov.in |access-date=28 March 2021 |archive-date=10 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410152742/https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-1600.XLSX |url-status=live }}</ref>


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
! Language !! Number !! Percentage
! Language<ref name="Lang"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kokborokoml.tripura.gov.in/chakma|title=Chakma &#124; DIRECTORATE OF KOKBOROK & OTHER MINORITY LANGUAGES|access-date=19 May 2021|archive-date=9 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509170638/https://kokborokoml.tripura.gov.in/chakma|url-status=live}}</ref> !! Population !! Percentage
|-
|-
| [[Bengali language|Bengali]] || 2,330,452 || 63.48
| [[Bengali language|Bengali]] || 2,330,452 || 63.43
|-
|-
| [[Tripuri language|Tripuri]] || 950,875<ref name="Lang"/> || 25.90
| [[Tripuri language|Tripuri]] || 950,875 || 25.88
|-
|-
| [[Chakma language|Chakma]] || 79,813  <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kokborokoml.tripura.gov.in/chakma|title = Chakma &#124; DIRECTORATE OF KOKBOROK & OTHER MINORITY LANGUAGES}}</ref> || 2.17
| [[Chakma language|Chakma]] || 84,269 || 2.29
|-
|-
| [[Hindi language|Hindi]] || 77,701 || 2.11
| [[Hindi language|Hindi]] || 56,696 || 1.54
|-
|-
| [[Mogh language|Mogh]] (Marma) || 35,722 || 0.97
| [[Mogh language|Mogh]] (Marma) || 35,722 || 0.97
|-
|-
| [[Meitei language| Manipuri ]] || 23,779 || 0.64
| [[Meitei language|Meitei]] (Manipuri) || 23,779 || 0.64
|-
|-
| [[Falam language|Falam]] || 23,089 || 0.62
| [[Central Kuki-Chin languages|Halam]] || 23,089 || 0.62
|-
|-
| [[Bishnupriya Manipuri language|Bishnupriya Manipuri]] || 22,112 || 0.6
| [[Bishnupriya Manipuri]] || 22,112 || 0.60
|-
|-
| [[Garo language|Garo]] || 11,312 || 0.35
| [[Garo language|Garo]] || 21,019 || 0.57
|-
|-
| Others || 186,522 || 3.04
| [[Mongsen Ao language|Mongsen]] || 19,278 || 0.52
|-
|-
| Total || 3,671,032 || 100.00
| Others || 106,626 || 2.90%
|-
| Total || 3,673,917 || 100.00
|}
|}


A report in [[Times of India]] said that the state is home to three dozen languages including some that are nearly extinct, including [[Saimar language|Saimar]] which was spoken by only 4 people in 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-17/mysore/32713218_1_ciil-saimar-speakers-tribal-languages |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411033026/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-17/mysore/32713218_1_ciil-saimar-speakers-tribal-languages |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 April 2013 |title=Saimar's oldest speaker appeals to protect his language |last=Milton| first= Lawrence|date= 17 July 2012|newspaper=[[The Times of India]] | access-date= 29 March 2013}}</ref>
A report in [[Times of India]] said that the state is home to three dozen languages including some that are nearly extinct, including [[Saimar language|Saimar]] which was spoken by only 4 people in 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-17/mysore/32713218_1_ciil-saimar-speakers-tribal-languages |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411033026/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-17/mysore/32713218_1_ciil-saimar-speakers-tribal-languages |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 April 2013 |title=Saimar's oldest speaker appeals to protect his language |last=Milton| first= Lawrence|date= 17 July 2012|newspaper=[[The Times of India]] | access-date= 29 March 2013}}</ref>
== See also ==
* [[Meitei language in Tripura]]


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 20:48, 14 October 2025


Languages of Tripura, a state in the Northeast India, include Bengali and Kokborok as official languages, and many other minority languages.[1][2][3][4] As in the rest of India, English is used for official purpose.[1] Bengali is the most spoken language, due to the predominance of Bengali people in the state. Kokborok is spoken by the Tripuri people.

Languages of Tripura (2011)[5][6][7]

  Bengali (63.43%)
  Tripuri (25.88%)
  Chakma (2.29%)
  Mogh (Marma) (0.97%)
  Meitei (Manipuri) (0.64%)
  Halam (0.62%)
  Bishnupriya Manipuri (0.60%)
  Others (5.53%)

In the state of Tripura, most of the languages of India are used. Major languages in terms of the number of speakers per 2011 census of India are as follows:[5]

Language[5][8] Population Percentage
Bengali 2,330,452 63.43
Tripuri 950,875 25.88
Chakma 84,269 2.29
Hindi 56,696 1.54
Mogh (Marma) 35,722 0.97
Meitei (Manipuri) 23,779 0.64
Halam 23,089 0.62
Bishnupriya Manipuri 22,112 0.60
Garo 21,019 0.57
Mongsen 19,278 0.52
Others 106,626 2.90%
Total 3,673,917 100.00

A report in Times of India said that the state is home to three dozen languages including some that are nearly extinct, including Saimar which was spoken by only 4 people in 2012.[9]

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References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Report of the Commissioner for linguistic minorities: 52nd report (July 2014 to June 2015)" (PDF). Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India. pp. 79–84. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 November 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  2. ↑ kokborokoml.tripura.gov.in/kokborok Archived 28 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine Website of Directorate of bangali and other minority languages, Government of Tripura
  3. ↑ gomati.tripurapolice.gov.in/ Archived 28 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine Tripura Official Languages Act, 1964, website of Tripura Police Department, Kokborok as official language of Tripura
  4. ↑ www.tripurauniv.in/index.php/departments?id=400 Archived 25 February 2016 at the Wayback Machine Department of Kokborok, Tripura University, A Central University of Government of India
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "C-16 Population By Mother Tongue". censusindia.gov.in. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  6. ↑ "2011 Indian Census: Language and Mother Tongue". Archived from the original on 11 March 2022.
  7. ↑ "Every 5th Bengali speaker lives outside Bengal". The Times of India. 28 June 2018. Archived from the original on 21 November 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  8. ↑ "Chakma | DIRECTORATE OF KOKBOROK & OTHER MINORITY LANGUAGES". Archived from the original on 9 May 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  9. ↑ Milton, Lawrence (17 July 2012). "Saimar's oldest speaker appeals to protect his language". The Times of India. Retrieved 29 March 2013.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
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