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Boro-Garo languages

Eurasian Language Families

The Boro-Garo languages are a branch of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken primarily in Northeast India and parts of Bangladesh.

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Classification Confidence
Established 1
Reconstructed Ancestor
Reconstructed 2
Region
Northeast India and parts of Bangladesh 2
Proto-Language Status
Reconstructed (Joseph and Burling 2006; Wood 2008) 2
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Number of Languages
14 1
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Descends From

Sino-Tibetan, Language Families

Why this is disputed. Boro-Garo (Bodo-Garo) belongs within the Sal branch of Sino-Tibetan; it is linked directly to Sino-Tibetan here because the intermediate Tibeto-Burman and Sal nodes are not yet represented as their own entities in this atlas.

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Source Boro-Garo languages, WikipediaLead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article
Quote, Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article
The Boro–Garo languages are a branch of Sino-Tibetan languages, spoken primarily in Northeast India and parts of Bangladesh.
Northeast India

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Source Boro-Garo languages, WikipediaLead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article
Quote, Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article
The Boro–Garo languages are a branch of Sino-Tibetan languages, spoken primarily in Northeast India and parts of Bangladesh.
Sources
1. Glottolog: Bodo-Garo (languoid record)
Glottolog
  • Languoid record: child_language_count
    "child_language_count": 14
  • Languoid record: level and category
    "level": "family", "bookkeeping": false, "category": "Family"
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2. Boro-Garo languages, Wikipedia
  • Lead, first sentence
    spoken primarily in Northeast India and parts of Bangladesh
  • Reconstruction section
    has been reconstructed by Joseph and Burling (2006) and by Wood (2008)
  • Article text
    Proto-Boro-Garo has been reconstructed by Joseph and Burling (2006) and by Wood (2008)
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Wikidata: Boro-Garo languages
Wikidata Q4090000, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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