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Koch language
| Koch | |
|---|---|
| Native to | India , Nepal & Bangladesh |
Native speakers | 36,434 (2011)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kdq |
| Glottolog | koch1250 |
| Pani Koch (= Banai, Wanang)[2] | |
Koch is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the Koch people of Republic of India and Koch people in Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh.
Geographical distribution[edit]
Koch is spoken in:
- Assam:
- Baksa district - Hodi or Koch Mandai
- Darrang district - Hodi or Koch Mandai
- Dhemaji district - Hodi or Koch Mandai
- Goalpara district - Madaci koch, kocha Rabha, Kocho koro, Hodi or Koch Mandai
- Lakhimpur district - Hodi or Koch Mandai
- Nagaon district - Hodi or Koch Mandai, Kocho koro
- Udalguri district - Hodi or Koch Mandai
- Sonitpur district - Hodi or Koch Mandai
- Bangladesh: Hodi or Koch Mandai and Kocho koro
- Bihar: Rajbongshi koch
- Meghalaya:
- East Khasi hills - Hodi alias Koch Mandai
- West Garo Hills district - Kocha rabha or Koch
- Tripura: Hodi or Koch Mandai or koch
- West Bengal: Rajbongshi koch, Kocha Rabha
References[edit]
- ↑ "Abstract of Speakers' Strength of Languages and Mother Tongues - 2001". Go. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
- ↑ Endangered Languages Project data for Pani Koch (= Banai, Wanang).
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