Garo language

Garo language is one of the popular languages of India. It is spoken by majority of the people residing in Garo Hills in the state of Meghalaya. Garo language is also popular in several districts of the state of Assam like Dhubri, Goalpara, Kamrup, and the Darrang. This popular tribal language is also spoken in the neighbouring country of Bangladesh. Garo language uses Latin alphabet. This language also has a close association with Bodo language, the language is spoken by the Bodo tribal community, which is one of the most prominent communities of the Indian state of Assam. Garo language belongs to the Tibeto Burman language family.

In India Garo has about 1.15 million speakers, mainly in the Garo Hills district of Meghalaya state, and also in parts of Assam, Nagaland, Tripura and West Bengal states. It is a statutory provincial language in Meghalaya, and is taught in primary schools.

There are about 120,000 speakers of Garo in Bangladesh, mainly in the Dhaka and Sylhet divisions. The majority of speakers are literate in their language, although they write in the A’chick dialect, and speak in the A’beng dialect.