Koch language
Koch is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the Koch people of Republic of India and Koch people in Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh.
| Koch | |
|---|---|
| Native to | India , Nepal & Bangladesh |
Native speakers | 36,434 (2011)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kdq |
| Glottolog | koch1250[2] |
Geographical distribution
Koch is spoken in:
- West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya (Kocchaa rabha or Koch)
- Goalpara district (Madaci koch, kocha Rabha, Kocho koro, Hodi or Koch Mandai)
- Nagaon district, Assam - Hodi or Koch Mandai, Kocho koro
- Tripura (Hodi or Koch Mandai or koch)
- West Bengal (Rajbangshi koch, Kocha Rabha, Hodi or Koch Mandai)
- Bihar - Rajbangshi koch
- Bangladesh (Hodi or Koch Mandai and Kocho koro)
- East Khasi hills, Meghalaya (Hodi alias Koch Mandai)
- Udalguri district (Assam) (Hodi or Koch Mandai)
- Darrang district - Hodi or Koch Mandai
- Sonitpur district - Hodi or Koch Mandai
- Lakhimpur district - Hodi or Koch Mandai
- Dhemaji district - Hodi or Koch Mandai
- Silapathar district - Hodi or Koch Mandai
- Baksa district - Hodi or Koch Mandai
References
- "Abstract of Speakers' Strength of Languages and Mother Tongues - 2001". Go. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Koch". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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