Kokborok
| Kokborok | ||
|---|---|---|
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Spoken in |
India , Bangladesh | |
| speaker | 791,000 | |
| Linguistic classification |
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| Official status | ||
| Official language in | India (state of Tripura ) | |
| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639 -1 |
- |
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| ISO 639 -2 |
sit |
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| ISO 639-3 | ||
Kokborok (also Tripuri ) is a language spoken by the Tripuri in the Indian state of Tripura and the neighboring regions in Bangladesh . The name Kokborok is made up of the words Kok (language) and Borok (here: the Tripuri).
Kokborok has been documented in writing since the 1st century AD. The language was then written in the Koloma script and was mainly used to describe Tripurian kings. The language has been the official language of the state of Tripura since 1979. The recognition of the language as a national language of India is still being discussed.
Phonetics and Phonology
The phonetics of Kokborok corresponds to the phonetics of most of the Tibeto-Burmese languages.
Vowels
| front | back | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ung. | ger. | ung. | ger. | |
| closed | i | y | u | |
| half closed | e | |||
| half open | ɔ | |||
| open | a | |||
font
The Koloma script was out of use, and Kokborok has been written in the Bengali script since the 19th century . After the independence of India and the annexation of Tripura to India, however, the Latin script is used more and more . The question of which font should be preferred is the subject of political debate. Both fonts are currently in use.
