Tippera
A language of Bangladesh
| Population | 85,000. |
| Region | Chittagong Hills, Khagrachari District, Chittagong District, Fatikchari Subdistrict. |
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| Alternate names | Kok Borok, Tipperah, Tippurah, Tipra, Tipura, Triperah, Tripura |
| Dialects | Naitong, Dendak, Gabing, Khali, Phatung, Tongpai, Anok, Kewa, Kema, Aslong. 36 dialects. Lexical similarity: 56%–85% between dialects, 61%–74% with Kok Borok [trp], 53%–65% with Riang [ria], 37%–59% with Usoi Tripura [usi]. |
| Classification | Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Jingpho-Konyak-Bodo, Konyak-Bodo-Garo, Bodo-Garo, Bodo |
| Language use | Many men also use some Bengali [ben]. |
| Language development | Bible portions: 1990. |
| Comments | Agriculturalists. Traditional religion, syncretism with Hindu. |
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