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Boro-Garo languages

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

Facts
Region
Northeast India and parts of Bangladesh 1
Proto-Language Status
Reconstructed (Joseph and Burling 2006; Wood 2008) 1
Connections

Descends From

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.

Sources
1. 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)
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