Koch language

Koch is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the Koch people of India and Bangladesh. It is primarily spoken in the Indian states of Meghalaya, West Bengal, and Lower Assam and in the parts of the country Bangladesh, where it serves as a major means of communication among the Koches (including Koch-Rajbongshi) and other ethnic groups in the region. Koch language is written with Assamese, Bengali, Roman scripts.

Koch
Native toIndia, Bangladesh
EthnicityKoch
Native speakers
36,434 (2011)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3kdq
Glottologkoch1250
ELPKoch
 Pani Koch (= Banai, Wanang)[2]

There is an organization Koch Krorang Mathop in Tura, Meghalaya which publishes Koch materials, such as books, an annual Koch magazine. Koch Development Forum is also working on the promotion of the Koch language among the Koch people who have now switched their language to Indo-Aryan languages.

The state and traditional song of Assam in Koch :

Kocho koroAssamese

O' ani apani hadam
O' ani pelemsa hadam

Edeghenek kanchikni
edeghenek thaini
edeghenek nasini hadam.

O' ani kanchikni hurang
Asameni thaoni hurang
Eh haye lami mung bongni
Oten liya jhuchai mung.

O' ani bongni thane
O' ani nasini ame

Chai lana ang
Nani mahango
Hapaka fungchanane.

অ' মোৰ আপোনাৰ দেশ
অ' মোৰ চিকুণী দেশ

এনেখন শুৱলা, এনেখন সুফলা
এনেখন মৰমৰ দেশ।


অ' মোৰ সুৰীয়া মাত
অসমৰ সুৱদী মাত
পৃথিৱীৰ ক'তো বিচাৰি জনমটো
নোপোৱা কৰিলেও পাত।


অ' মোৰ ওপজা ঠাই
অ' মোৰ অসমী আই

চাই লওঁ এবাৰ মুখনি তোমাৰ
হেঁপাহ মোৰ পলোৱা নাই।


Sample text: Article 4 of the human rights Act
Englishkoch In Latin scriptkoch In Bengali-Assamese script
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood. Habongni hisape bebak morota rasong aro adhikar wai soman aro jokni. Orongni prengni aro chotta towa. Orong sopan sopanna ada-ajong ghenek bebohar hawni se usit dowa. হাবঙনি হিছাপে বেবাক মৰতা ৰাছঙ আৰ' আধিকাৰ ৱাই ছমান আৰ' জক্নি।অৰঙনি প্ৰেঙনি আৰ' চত্তা তৱা।অৰঙ ছপান ছপান্না আদা-আজঙ ঘেনেক বেবহাৰ হাৱনি ছে উছিত দৱা।

Dialects

The Koch language is currently represented by six surviving dialects, which are as follows:

  1. Harigaya,
  2. Tintikiya,
  3. Wanang/Swmbri,
  4. Chapra,
  5. Margan, and
  6. Kocha. (Kocha/Koch - Rabha)

Short representation of the various dialects:
Sample question and answer:
EnglishKoch HarigayaKoch TintikiyaKoch WanangKoch Kocha
What is your name?Nani ata mung?Nani bita mung?Nani atõ mung?Nini mung utung?
My name is xyz.Ani mung Xyz.Ani mung Xyz.Ani mung Xyz.Ani mung Xyz.


Numbers:
EnglishKoch HarigayaKoch Wanang
ZeroEraRiyaa
OneSaSaa
TwoNingNing
ThreeTamTam
FourBriBri
FiveBõngBãng
SixKrõpKrob
SevenSinSin
EightGinBin
NineGisGin
TenCha



Geographical distribution

Koch is spoken in:

Notes
  1. "Abstract of Speakers' Strength of Languages and Mother Tongues - 2001". Go. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  2. Endangered Languages Project data for Pani Koch (= Banai, Wanang).

References
  • Koch language report by UNESCO World Atlas of Languages [2]
  • Koch Dictionary [3]


  1. https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/koch1250 "Different Dialects
  2. "Koch in India".
  3. "Koch – English Dictionary » Introduction".
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