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ALSO KNOWN AS		Boro, Bårå, Plains Kachari, Cachari, Kachāri
CLASSIFICATION		Sino-Tibetan, Brahmaputran
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		xac
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Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International

Endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
59,000
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1997

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

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Most ethnic Kachari speak Assamese as their first language. Few speak Kachari as an L1.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Assamese; Bengali

PLACES: India

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Assam, North Cachar district, Cachar hills; Nagaland, Kohima district, Dimapur, Dhansiri administrative circles. 16 villages."

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
59,000
Native speakers worldwide

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

MORE ON VITALITY

"Speakers being rapidly assimilated into Bengali and Assamese communities."

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Bengali; Assamese

PLACES: India

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Assam state, northern Cachar district, Darrang district."

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
59,000
Native speakers worldwide

	3rd	2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger				UNESCO Publishing	Paris		http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub	59,000		10000-99999				Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)						25.2844,93.2189
	16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)			M. Paul Lewis	SIL International	Dallas, TX		http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	59,000	1997	10000-99999		Assamese; Bengali		Endangered (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	13	Most ethnic Kachari speak Assamese as their first language. Few speak Kachari as an L1.	14	India	"Assam, North Cachar district, Cachar hills; Nagaland, Kohima district, Dimapur, Dhansiri administrative circles. 16 villages."
		2007	South Asia and the Middle East	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages	289-348	Christopher Mosely	London and NewYork: Routledge		4		George Van Driem	Driem, George Van. 2007. "South Asia and the Middle East." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by Christopher Mosely. 289-348. London and NewYork: Routledge.					almost all	Bengali; Assamese	all	Critically Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		"Speakers being rapidly assimilated into Bengali and Assamese communities."	15	India	"Assam state, northern Cachar district, Darrang district."
0199255911		2005	The World Atlas of Language Structures			Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer	Oxford University Press	New York				2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.														26.5,91.0
			World Oral Literature Project							http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.		59,000		10000-99999				Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)

Kachari

Language metadata

Language information by source

Endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

59,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

59,000

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

59,000

Discussion

Kachari

Language metadata

Language information by source

Endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

59,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

59,000

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

59,000

Discussion

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