Rabha
A language of India
| Population | 50,000 (2000). Ethnic population: 374,152. |
| Region | West Assam, Darrang, Goalpara, Kamrup districts; Nagaland; West Bengal, Jalpaiguri, Alipurduar Subdivision, Koch Bihar District, Tafangunj Subdivision; Meghalaya, East, West Garo Hills districts. |
| Alternate names | Rava |
| Dialects | Maitaria (Maituri, Maitoria), Rangdania (Rongdani). Rongdani is the standard dialect. Lexical similarity: 73% between Maituri and Rongdani. 31%–39% with Koch [kdq]. |
| Classification | Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Jingpho-Konyak-Bodo, Konyak-Bodo-Garo, Bodo-Garo, Koch |
| Language use | Home, market, other villages. All ages. Also use Assamese [asm] or Bengali [ben]. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: 30%–50%. High interest in language development. Taught in primary and secondary schools. Radio programs. TV. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 2000. |
| Writing system | Bengali script. Latin script, preferred by Catholics. |
| Comments | A Scheduled Tribe. Agriculturalists. Traditional religion, Hindu, Christian. |
Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:
Academic Publications
KONDAKOV, Alexander, author. 2011. "Koch Survey Wordlists and Sociolinguistic Questionnaire."
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