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ALSO KNOWN AS		Garrow, Mande
CLASSIFICATION		Sino-Tibetan, Brahmaputran
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		grt
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Abeng Achik Chisak Dacca A'we Ganching Kamrup A'beng A'chick Matchi
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MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Garo” (387-400) . Burling, Robbins (2003) , Thurgood, Graham and LaPolla, Randy J. · Routledge

Vulnerable

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
700,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
600,000 of these speakers live in northeastern India, and 100,000 live across the border in Bangladesh.

DOMAINS OF USE

TRANSMISSION

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The Garos of Bangladesh use Bengali for everyday dealings with peddlers, shopkeepers, and government and church officials. Bengali is also the language of education for the Garos of Bangladesh. The impact of Bengali on the Garos of India is less strong, as it is not the language of education or the government, nor is it used in trade. Overall, Garo is more endangered in Bangladesh than in India. However, even in Bangladesh most children of Garo parents learn Garo as their first language.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Bengali; English

PLACES: India

PLACES: India

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
265,000
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: India: Meghalaya, Garo Hills; Assam, Goalpara and Kamrup; Bangladesh: Mymensing

	2007	South Asia and the Middle East	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages	283-348	Christopher Moseley	London & New York: Routledge		George van Driem	George van Driem. 2007. "South Asia and the Middle East." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 283-348. London & New York: Routledge.	HHOLD	265,000	100000			At risk (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				India: Meghalaya, Garo Hills; Assam, Goalpara and Kamrup; Bangladesh: Mymensing
	2003	Garo	The Sino-Tibetan Languages	387-400	Thurgood, Graham and LaPolla, Randy J.	Routledge	London	Burling, Robbins	Burling, Robbins. 2003. "Garo." In The Sino-Tibetan Languages, edited by Graham Thurgood and Randy J. Lapolla. 387-400. Curzon Press.	WALS	700,000	10000-99999	600,000 of these speakers live in northeastern India, and 100,000 live across the border in Bangladesh.	Bengali; English	Vulnerable (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	10	The Garos of Bangladesh use Bengali for everyday dealings with peddlers, shopkeepers, and government and church officials. Bengali is also the language of education for the Garos of Bangladesh. The impact of Bengali on the Garos of India is less strong, as it is not the language of education or the government, nor is it used in trade. Overall, Garo is more endangered in Bangladesh than in India. However, even in Bangladesh most children of Garo parents learn Garo as their first language.	11	India
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.										India	25.6666666667,90.5

Garo

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Vulnerable

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

700,000

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

265,000

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