Koch
Koch is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in India and Bangladesh. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Koch is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the Koch people of India and Bangladesh. It is primarily spoken in the Indian states of Meghalaya and Lower Assam and in the northern parts of the country Bangladesh, where it serves as a major means of communication among the Koches. Koch language is written with Assamese, Bengali, Roman scripts.
There is an organization Koch Krorang Mathop in Tura, Meghalaya which publishes Koch materials, such as books, an annual Koch magazine. Koch Development Forum is also working on the promotion of the Koch language among the Koch people who have now switched their language to Indo-Aryan languages.
The state of Assam in Koch :
From Wikipedia · Koch language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Koch
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | morot* | |
| name | muN* | |
| eye | m3k3r* | |
| ear | nakor* | |
| nose | nekuN* | |
| tooth | pa* | |
| tongue | telai* | |
| hand | caktoN* | |
| blood | ci* | |
| bone | kereN* | |
| skin | holop* | |
| breast | nono* | |
| water | cika* | |
| fire | war* | |
| sun | san* | |
| stone | loNtai* | |
| tree | pan* | |
| night | par* | |
| dog | kui* | |
| fish | na* | |
| bird | তাউ | tau |
| louse | h3r3k* | |
| one | kosa* | |
| I | aN* | |
| you | naN* | |
| we | niN* | |
| drink | l3N* | |
| see | n3k* | |
| hear | na* | |
| die | ci* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Atong (India)Sino-Tibetan54% alike
- RabhaSino-Tibetan42% alike
- KachariSino-Tibetan39% alike
- Tiwa (India)Sino-Tibetan35% alike
- DimasaSino-Tibetan32% alike
- GaroSino-Tibetan31% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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