Rabha language

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Rabha language is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken primarily by the indigenous Rabha community in northeastern India, especially in Assam and neighboring regions.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Rabha language canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sino-Tibetan language
language
alternateName Rava
Rava language
closelyRelatedTo Bodo language
linked to: Bodo

Garo language
Koch language
continent Asia
country India
dialect Kocha Rabha
Maitori Rabha
linked to: Rabha

Pati Rabha
Rongdani Rabha
linked to: Rabha
endonym Róngdani
linked to: Róng
ethnicGroup Rabha people
family Sino-Tibetan language family
glottologCode rabh1238
glottologName Rabha
hasDialects Yes
hasNasalVowels Yes
hasTone Yes
iso639-3Code rah
languageBranch Sal languages
languageFamilyBranch Bodo–Garo branch
macroArea South Asia
primaryWritingSystem Assamese script
linked to: Bengali script
region Bongaigaon district
Brahmaputra Valley
Chirang district
Dhubri district
Goalpara district
Kamrup district
Kokrajhar district
North Bengal
spokenIn Assam
India
Meghalaya
Northeastern India
linked to: Northeast India

West Bengal
status endangered language
minority language
subfamily Bodo–Garo
usedBy indigenous Rabha community
usedFor folk songs
oral tradition
rituals
wordOrder SOV
writingSystem Assamese script
linked to: Bengali script

Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rabha people language Rabha language
Bodo–Garo languages hasMember Rabha language
Meghalayan culture hasLanguage Rabha language
Rabha speaks Rabha language