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ALSO KNOWN AS		Koc, Kocch, Koce, Kochboli, Konch
CLASSIFICATION		Sino-Tibetan, Brahmaputran
ORTHOGRAPHY		Bengali script
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		kdq
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Tintekiya Banai Harigaya Satpariya Wanang Chapra
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Information from: “The Koch of Bangladesh: A Sociolinguistic Survey” . Ahmad, Sayed and Kim, Amy and Kim, Seung and Sangma, Mridul (2011)

Vulnerable

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

DOMAINS OF USE

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

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"[T]he Tintekiya Koch tend to live in villages where the majority of people are Tintekiya Koch, so at least within their villages their language is dominant. It is likely that Tintekiya Koch in Bangladesh will also be increasingly influenced by Bangla, but this influence will be slighter, and the rate at which Tintekiya Koch changes will likely be slower." (p. 25)

SPEAKER ATTITUDE

positive

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Bangla (official language); Garo; Hajong

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

In Bangladesh, Koch is used dominantly in daily life between the Koch except for the official domains, and occasions like worship, interacting with non-Koch speakers and in the marketplaces.

PLACES: Bangladesh; India

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: the plains of Sherpur district in Dhaka division, mostly near the Indian border.

Vulnerable

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
36,000 (total population, all countries)
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
30,000 speakers in India, and 6,000 in Bangladesh.

DATE OF INFO: 2007

TRANSMISSION
SPEAKER ATTITUDE: Positive language attitudes
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
Scripts (Writing system): Bengali script

PLACES: India; Bangladesh

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Meghalaya, West Garo Hills District; Assam, Goalpara, Nagaon districts; Tripura; West Bengal; Bihar. Also in Bangladesh.

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
31,119
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2001 (census data)

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
31,000
Native speakers worldwide

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
23,000
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	31,000		10000-99999							Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)							25.7603,90.3955
	2001	Census of India: Distribution of the 100 Non-Scheduled Languages of India	Census of India						http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_Data_Online/Language/partb.htm				31,119	2001 (census data)	10000-99999							Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
	2011	The Koch of Bangladesh: A Sociolinguistic Survey			online			SIL International	http://www.sil.org/resources/publications/entry/41580	Ahmad, Sayed and Kim, Amy and Kim, Seung and Sangma, Mridul	Ahmad, Sayed and Kim, Amy and Kim, Seung and Sangma, Mridul. 2011. The Koch of Bangladesh: A Sociolinguistic Survey. (SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2011-023.) SIL International. 90pp.						both official and non-official domains	Bangla (official language); Garo; Hajong	positive	In Bangladesh, Koch is used dominantly in daily life between the Koch except for the official domains, and occasions like worship, interacting with non-Koch speakers and in the marketplaces.	all	Vulnerable (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	10	"[T]he Tintekiya Koch tend to live in villages where the majority of people are Tintekiya Koch, so at least within their villages their language is dominant. It is likely that Tintekiya Koch in Bangladesh will also be increasingly influenced by Bangla, but this influence will be slighter, and the rate at which Tintekiya Koch changes will likely be slower." (p. 25)	12	11	Bangladesh; India	the plains of Sherpur district in Dhaka division, mostly near the Indian border.
		World Oral Literature Project							http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.		23,000		10000-99999							Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
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	36,000 (total population, all countries)	2007	10000-99999	30,000 speakers in India, and 6,000 in Bangladesh.		Bengali; Assamese; Garo; English; Hindi; Hajong; Rabha; Bora; Nepali	Positive language attitudes			Vulnerable (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	10				India; Bangladesh	Meghalaya, West Garo Hills District; Assam, Goalpara, Nagaon districts; Tripura; West Bengal; Bihar. Also in Bangladesh.

Koch

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Language information by source

Vulnerable

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

Vulnerable

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

36,000 (total population, all countries)

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

31,119

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

31,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

23,000

Discussion

Koch

Language metadata

Language information by source

Vulnerable

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

Vulnerable

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

36,000 (total population, all countries)

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

31,119

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

31,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

23,000

Discussion

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