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Koch languages

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionApr 16, 2026
Entity authorityQ6424775 ↗
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The (Kochic) languages are a small group of Boro-Garo languages a sub-branch of the Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in Northeast India. Burling (2012) calls this the "Rabha group" They are:

Atong

Koch

Ruga

Rabha

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References

George van Driem (2001) Languages of the Himalayas: An Ethnolinguistic Handbook of the Greater Himalayan Region. Brill.

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