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{{Short description|State in North East India}}
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==Languages==
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>  
{| class="wikitable"
|+ ''District wise population of Kokborok (Tripuri) speaking population in Tripura''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tripuratourism.gov.in/people|title = Tripura: Population &#124; Tripura Tourism}}</ref>
|-
! District
! Kokborok speaking population
! (%)
|-
| [[West Tripura]]
| 1,62,462
| 17.69%
|-
| [[North Tripura]]
| 91,771
| 21.98%
|-
| [[South Tripura]]
| 1,25,081
| 28.00%
|-
| [[Dhalai]]
| 1,57,238
| 41.29%
|-
| [[Sipahijala district|Sipahijala]]
| 1,11,911
| 23.32%
|-
| [[Gomati district|Gomati]]
| 1,45,289
| 33.85%
|-
| [[Khowai]]
| 1,29,553
| 39.55%
|-
| [[Unakoti]]
| 27,570
| 9.97%
|}
Indigenous Kokborok speaking Tripuris form '''no''' majority in any district as per 2011, while the districts such as Dhalai, Khowai, Gomati and South Tripura have significant proportion of native Kokborok speaking population.


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