RABHA: a language of India

The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.

SIL code: RAH

ISO 639-2: sit

Population 31,000 (1997 IMA). 
Region West Assam, Darrang, Goalpara, Kamrup districts; Nagaland; West Bengal, Jalpaiguri and Koch Bihar districts; Meghalaya, East Garo Hills District.
Alternate names   RAVA
Dialects MAITARIA, RANGDANIA.
Classification Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Jingpho-Konyak-Bodo, Konyak-Bodo-Garo, Bodo-Garo, Koch.
Comments The majority of the ethnic group speak Assamese as mother tongue; the rest speak Rabha as mother tongue. A Scheduled Tribe in India. Dictionary. Assamese script. Agriculturalists: settled agriculturalists. NT in press (1997).

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