Kokborok language
| Kokborok ককবরক | |
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| Tripuri ত্রিপুরা | |
| Native to | India and Bangladesh |
| Region | Tripura, Assam, Mizoram, Bangladesh, Burma |
| Ethnicity | Borok |
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Native speakers
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1.5 million (2011) |
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Early forms
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Early Borok
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Eastern Nagari script (Bengali alphabet) Koloma (obsolete) |
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| Official status | |
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Official language in
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 India (Tripura) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously: trp – Kokborok ria – Riang tpe – Tippera (Khagrachari) usi – Usui xtr – Early Tripuri |
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Linguist list
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xtr Early Tripuri |
| Glottolog | tipp1238 |
The Kók Borok (Kókborok), is the native languages of the Borok people of the Indian state of Tripura and neighbouring areas of Bangladesh. The word Kók Borok stands for kók "language" and borok "borok society", which is used specifically for the Borok people. Kokborok is closely related to languages of Bodo Dimasa Kacharies of Assam.
Kókborok has existed since at least the 1st century AD, when the historical record of Tipra Kings began to be written down. The script of Kókborok was called "Koloma." The Chronicle of the Borok kings were written in a book called the Rajratnakar. This book was originally written down in Kókborok using the Koloma script by Durlobendra Chontai.
Later, two Brahmins, Sukreswar and Vaneswar translated it into Sanskrit and then again translated the chronicle into Bengali in the 19th century. The chronicle of Tipra in Kókborok and Rajratnakar are no longer available. Kókborok was relegated to a common people's dialect during the rule of the Borok kings in the Kingdom of Tipra from the 19th century till the 20th century.
There currently is a debate over giving the language recognition as a official language of India. The official form is the Debbarma dialect (Puran Tripura).
Kokborok is a Sino-Tibetan language family of East Asia and South East Asia.
It is closely related to the Bodo and Dimasa languages of neighbouring of Assam. The Garo language is also a related language as spoken in neighbouring Bangladesh and Meghalaya.
Kókborok is not a single language, but a collective name for the several languages and dialects spoken in Tripura. Ethnologue lists Usoi (Kau Brung), Riang (Polong-O), and Khagrachari ("Trippera") as separate languages; Mukchak (Barbakpur), though not listed, is also distinct, and the language of many Borok clans has not been investigated. The greatest variety is within Khagrachari, though speakers of different Khagrachari varieties can "often" understand each other. Khagrachari literature is being produced in the Naitong and Dendak varieties. '
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