Garo language

Garo (A•chikku)
Garo (A•chikku)
A•chikku
Native to	India and Bangladesh
Region	Meghalaya, Assam, Bangladesh
Ethnicity	Garo
Native speakers	1,145,323 (2011)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Central Tibeto-Burman (?) Sal Bodo-Garo Garo Garo (A•chikku); ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Am•beng; A•we ba A•kawe; Matchi, Dual; Matabeng; Gara-Ganching; Chisak,; A•tong,; Ruga; Me•gam; Chibok; Kamrup;
Writing system	Latin script; Bengali-Assamese script; A-Chik Tok'birim
Language codes
ISO 639-3	grt
Glottolog	garo1247
ELP	Garo

Garo, also referred to by its endonym A•chikku, is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Northeast Indian states of Meghalaya, Assam, and Tripura. It is also spoken in certain areas of the neighbouring Bangladesh. According to the 2001 census, there are about 889,000 Garo speakers in India alone; another 130,000 are found in Bangladesh.

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