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Amri

Facts:    
  • Population: 125,000 (2003).
  • Region: Assam, Kamrup District, south of the Brahmaputra River including Chandubi, Loharghat, Rani block, Jalukbari, Pandu, Basbistha, Panikhaith, Jorabat, Sonapur, Khetri, Kahi Kusi; Meghalaya; East Khasi Hills District, Nongpoh area, including Barni Hat and Umling.
  • Alternatives: Amri Karbi
  • Dialects: Reported to be unintelligible with Karbi. Lexical similarity 75% with Rengkhang and Chingthang, 90% with the Karbi spoken in West Bengal.
  • Classification: Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Mikir
  • Language use: Positive language attitude. Strong feelings of separateness from the dominant Karbi group in Karbi, Anglong District. Speakers of all ages use Assamese as second language.
  • Language development: Literacy rate in second language: 20%. Roman script. Newspapers. Radio programs.
  • Comments: Hindu, traditional religion, Christian.
Sources:
 • Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.), 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Fifteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com/.
See also:
 • Languages
[ Entry added by Divyalina Bhuyan on May 6, 2009 ]
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