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 toIndia , Nepal & Bangladesh
Native speakers
36,434 (2011)[1]
Sino-Tibetan
Language codes
ISO 639-3kdq
Glottologkoch1250[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
  1. "Abstract of Speakers' Strength of Languages and Mother Tongues - 2001". Go. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  2. 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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