Kachari

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A language of India

ISO 639-3
xac
Alternate Names
Cachari, Plains Kachari
Population

59,000 (IMA 1997).

Location

Assam, North Cachar district, Cachar hills; Nagaland, Kohima district, Dimapur, Dhansiri administrative circles. 16 villages.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification
Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Sal, Bodo-Garo-Northern Naga, Bodo-Koch, Bodo-Garo, Bodo
Language Use

Some ethnic Kachari speak it as L1. Most speak Assamese [asm] as L1. Rapidly assimilating to Bengali [ben] or Assamese [asm] (2007).

Language Development
Literacy rate in L2: 81% in Assam (2001 census).
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Kachari
Other Comments

A Scheduled Tribe.