Garo
Garo is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in India and Bangladesh, by about 1 million people. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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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. It has associate official status in some districts within Meghalaya since 2005 and became a full-fledged official language of the state in 2026. According to the 2001 census, there are about 889,000 Garo speakers in India alone; another 130,000 are found in Bangladesh.
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Words in Garo
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | me·chik | |
| name | bimuŋ | |
| tooth | wa-gam | |
| water | chi | |
| fish | natok | |
| pig | wak | |
| yes | hoe |
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Vocabulary
- Atong (India)Sino-Tibetan37% alike
- KachariSino-Tibetan36% alike
- BodoSino-Tibetan35% alike
- DimasaSino-Tibetan32% alike
- KochSino-Tibetan31% alike
- Tiwa (India)Sino-Tibetan30% alike
Grammar
- Southern Amami-OshimaJaponic88% alike
- TodaDravidian88% alike
- MalavedanDravidian87% alike
- Oki-No-ErabuJaponic87% alike
- YonaguniJaponic87% alike
- Zeme NagaSino-Tibetan87% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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