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Kachari

A language of India

ISO 639-3xac

Population  59,000 (1997).
Region  Assam, North Cachar District, Cachar Hills; Nagaland, Kohima District, Dimapur, Dhansiri administrative circles, 16 villages.
Alternate names   Cachari
Classification  Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Jingpho-Konyak-Bodo, Konyak-Bodo-Garo, Bodo-Garo, Bodo
Language use  Some ethnic Kachari speak it as L1. Most speak Assamese [asm] as L1.
Language development  Literacy rate in L2: 81% in Assam.
Comments  A Scheduled Tribe.