Tiwa language (India)

Tiwa
Lalung
তিৱা (লালুং)
Native toIndia
RegionAssam, Meghalaya
Ethnicity371,000 approx. Tiwa (Lalung) (2011 census)[1]
Native speakers
33,921 (2011 census)[2]
Tiwa Mor (Latin Script) & Assamese
Language codes
ISO 639-3lax
Glottologtiwa1253
ELPTiwa

Tiwa (Lalung) is a Tibeto-Burman (Sino-Tibetan) language spoken by the Tiwa people in Assam and Meghalaya in North East India. Tiwa language is similar to Boro, Dimasa, Kokborok and Garo language of India.

  1. ^ Tiwa language (India) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ "Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 2018-07-07.

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