Kokborok, Tiprakok | |
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Tripuri, Tripura, Tipra, Tippera | |
ককবরক | |
Native to | India, Bangladesh |
Region | |
Ethnicity | Tripuri |
Native speakers | 1,300,000 (2011)[1][2] |
Early form | Early Tipra
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Official status | |
Official language in | India |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Variously:trp – Kokborokria – Riangtpe – Tipperausi – Usuixtr – Early Tripuri |
xtr Early Tripuri | |
Glottolog | tipp1238 |
Kokborok speaking area | |
Kokborok is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger[3] |
Kokborok (or Tripuri) is a Tibeto-Burman language of the Indian state of Tripura and neighbouring areas of Bangladesh.[4] Its name comes from kók meaning "verbal" or "language" and borok meaning "people" or "human",[citation needed] It is one of the ancient languages of Northeast India.[5]
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