Kokborok

Kokborok, Tiprakok
Tripuri, Tripura, Tipra, Tippera
ককবরক‎
Native toIndia, Bangladesh
Region
EthnicityTripuri
Native speakers
1,300,000 (2011)[1][2]
Early form
Early Tipra
Official status
Official language in
India
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
trp – Kokborok
ria – Riang
tpe – Tippera
usi – Usui
xtr – Early Tripuri
xtr Early Tripuri
Glottologtipp1238
Kokborok speaking area
Kokborok is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger[3]

Kokborok (or Tripuri) is a Tibeto-Burman language of the Indian state of Tripura and neighbouring areas of Bangladesh.[4] Its name comes from kok meaning "verbal" or "language" and borok meaning "people" or "human",[citation needed] It is one of the ancient languages of Northeast India.[5]

  1. ^ Census of India 2011 - Languages and Mother tongues
  2. ^ Kokborok at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) Closed access icon
    Riang at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) Closed access icon
    Tippera at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) Closed access icon
    Usui at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) Closed access icon
    Early Tripuri at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) Closed access icon
  3. ^ Moseley, Christopher; Nicolas, Alexander, eds. (2010). Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (PDF) (3rd ed.). Paris: UNESCO. pp. 46–47. ISBN 978-92-3-104096-2. Archived from the original on 23 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Kokborok - Sorosoro Sorosoro". Sorosoro.org. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  5. ^ Verghese, B. G. (2020) [First published 2011]. "Foreword". In Sarangi, Asha; Pai, Sudha (eds.). Interrogating reorganisation of states : culture, identity and politics in India. Taylor & Francis. p. xiv. ISBN 978-1-000-08407-8. Retrieved 17 April 2022.