Garo language

Garo
Garo
A·chikku / আ·চিক্কু
Native to	India and Bangladesh
Region	Meghalaya, Assam, Bangladesh
Ethnicity	Garo
Native speakers	1,145,323 (2011)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Central Tibeto-Burman (?) Sal Bodo-Garo Garo Garo; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Am·beng,; A·we ba A·kawe,; Matchi,; Matchi-Dual,; Matabeng ba Matjangchi,; Gara-Ganching,; Chisak,; Atong,; Ruga,; Me·gam ba Lyngam,; Chibok,; Kamrup,; Atiagra,;
Writing system	Latin script; Bengali-Assamese script; A-Chik Tokbirim
Language codes
ISO 639-3	grt
Glottolog	garo1247
ELP	Garo
	Map of Garo speaking areas

Garo, also referred to by its endonym A·chikku, is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Northeast Indian states of Meghalaya, Assam, and Tripura. It is also spoken in certain areas of the neighbouring Bangladesh. According to the 2001 census, there are about 889,000 Garo speakers in India alone; another 130,000 are found in Bangladesh.

^ "Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 7 July 2018.

[1] "Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 7 July 2018.

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Garo
A·chikku / আ·চিক্কু
Native to	India and Bangladesh
Region	Meghalaya, Assam, Bangladesh
Ethnicity	Garo
Native speakers	1,145,323 (2011)^[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Central Tibeto-Burman (?) Sal Bodo-Garo Garo Garo
Dialects	Am·beng, A·we ba A·kawe, Matchi, Matchi-Dual, Matabeng ba Matjangchi, Gara-Ganching, Chisak, Atong, Ruga, Me·gam ba Lyngam, Chibok, Kamrup, Atiagra,
Writing system	Latin script Bengali-Assamese script A-Chik Tokbirim
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`grt`
Glottolog	`garo1247`
ELP	Garo
Map of Garo speaking areas