Koch language

Koch is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the Koch people of India and Bangladesh. It is primarily spoken in the Indian states of Meghalaya, West Bengal, and Lower Assam and in the parts of the country Bangladesh, where it serves as a major means of communication among the Koch people and other ethnic groups in the region. Koch language is written with Assamese, Bengali, Roman scripts.

Koch
Native toIndia, Bangladesh
EthnicityKoch
Native speakers
36,434 (2011)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3kdq
Glottologkoch1250
ELPKoch
 Pani Koch (= Banai, Wanang)[2]

There is an organization Koch Krorang Mathop in Tura, Meghalaya which publishes Koch materials, such as books, an annual Koch magazine. Koch Development Forum is also working on the promotion of the Koch language among the Koch people who have now switched their language to Indo-Aryan languages.

Dialects

The Koch language is currently represented by six surviving dialects, which are as follows:

  1. Tintikiya,
  2. Wanang/Swmbri,
  3. Harigaya,
  4. Chapra,
  5. Margan, and
  6. Kocha. (Kocha/Koch - Rabha)

Geographical distribution

Koch is spoken in:

Notes
  1. "Abstract of Speakers' Strength of Languages and Mother Tongues - 2001". Go. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  2. Endangered Languages Project data for Pani Koch (= Banai, Wanang).

References

Dialects "Different Dialects"

Koch language report by UNESCO WAL "Koch in India | UNESCO World Atlas of Languages"

Koch Dictionary "Koch-English Dicitonary"


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