Kachari language

Kachari
Region	Assam, India
Native speakers	59,000 (1997)^[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Brahmaputran Bodo–Koch Bodo–Garo Bodo Kachari
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`xac`
Glottolog	`kach1279`^[2]

Kachari (or Cachari) is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Assam, India.

Geographic distribution

Kachari is spoken in Assam, in the North Cachar district, Cachar hills; Nagaland, Kohima district, Dimapur, and Dhansiri administrative circles. Speakers are dispersed throughout 16 villages.

Grammar

Kachari's word order is subject–object–verb.

References

↑ Kachari at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Kachari". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Sal (Brahmaputran) languages

Bodo–Koch

Bodo–Garo	Bodo Dimasa Tiwa Kokborok (Tripuri) Kachari Moran Garo Megam

Koch	Atong Koch Ruga Rabha

Deori	Deori

Konyak

Kachin–Luic

Dhimal

Dhimal
Toto

Unclassified

Chairel

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