29777 Galo 10000-99999 "No reliable survey on the number of Galo speakers (as opposed to Galo tribespeople, who do not always speak Galo) has to date been conducted. The 1981 Census of India put the number of “Adi Gallong” tribespeople at 8,999 (Hussain 1995). However, the 1991 census puts the figure at a bursting 45,616! This increase is clearly not
solely due to population growth, but rather reflects the extreme difficulties of demarcating tribal and linguistic categories in North-East India, and the absence of any effective or commonly agreed-upon means for doing so.. The number of Galo speakers may be estimated at around 30,000-40,000 (or more, depending on where lines are drawn)." A Grammar of Galo On 30,000-40,000 10000-99999