Kachari language

Kachari
Spoken in Assam, India
Native speakers 59,000  (1997)
Language family
Language codes
ISO 639-3 xac

Kachari (or Cachari) is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken by about 59,000 people (as of 1997)[1] in Assam, India.

Less than 30% of the Kachari people speak the Kachari language as their mother tongue. Most grow up speaking Assamese instead.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.) (2005). "Kachari". Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Fifteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.: SIL International. http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=xac.