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| Garo | |
|---|---|
| A·chikku / আ·চিক | |
| Native to | India and Bangladesh |
| Region | Meghalaya, Assam, Bangladesh |
| Ethnicity | Garo |
Native speakers | 1,145,323 (2011)[1] |
| Dialects |
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| Latin script Bengali-Assamese script A-Chik Tok'birim | |
| 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.