Boro language (India)

Bodo/Boro
Mech
बर'
Native toNortheast India
EthnicityBodo, Kachari, Mech
Native speakers
1.48 million (2011 census)[1]
Devanagari (official)
Bengali-Assamese (contemporary)
Latin (Contemporary)
Deodhai script (historically)
Official status
Official language in
 India (Assam)
Language codes
ISO 639-3brx
Glottologbodo1269
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Bodo (बर') or Boro is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken primarily by the Bodo people of Northeast India. It is official language of the Bodoland autonomous region and co-official language of the state of Assam in India.[2] It is also one of twenty two languages listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India.[3] The Bodo language has been written using Devanagari script since 1963. Some scholar believe that at ancient time boro language were written in Deodhai script which is now lost.

  1. Bodo/Boro at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. "THE ASSAM OFFICIAL LANGUAGE (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2020" (PDF).
  3. "Languages Included in the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution".

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