| Kokborok, Tiprakok | |
|---|---|
| Tripuri, Tripura, Tipra, Tippera | |
| ককবরক | |
| Native to | India, Bangladesh |
| Region | |
| Ethnicity | Tripuri |
Native speakers | 1,300,000 (2011)[1][2] |
Early form | Early Tipra
|
| |
| Official status | |
Official language in | India |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:trp – Kokborokria – Riangtpe – Tipperausi – Usuixtr – Early Tripuri |
xtr Early Tripuri | |
| Glottolog | tipp1238 |
 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]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
censusindia.gov.inwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Kokborok at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)
Riang at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)
Tippera at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)
Usui at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)
Early Tripuri at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Kokborok". Sorosoro.org. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- ^ 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.
