Karbi
A language of India
| Population | 492,000 (2007). |
| Region | Assam, Karbi Anglong District, Mikir and Rengma hills, Nagaon, Darrang, Marigaon, Sonitpur, Lakhimpur, North Cachar districts; Arunachal Pradesh, Papumpare District, Balijan circle; Meghalaya, Jaintia District; Nagaland, foothills around Dimapur. |
| Alternate names | Arleng Alam, Karbi Karbak, Manchati, “Mikir” , “Mikiri” , Nihang, Puta |
| Dialects | Chingthang (Jynthong), Mirlong, Rong Kethang (Rengkhang, Rongkhang). Lexical similarity: 82%–96% between dialects. |
| Classification | Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Mikir |
| Language use | Other groups speak Karbi as L1, including some Dimasa. Also use Assamese [asm]. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: 54% in Assam. Grammar. Bible: 1952. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | A Scheduled Tribe. Agriculturalists: wet rice. Hindu, traditional religion, Christian. |
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