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grtGaro  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • Garo (also spelled as Garrow, or else known by the people's own name for themselves, Mande) is the language of the majority of the people of the Garo Hills in the Indian state of Meghalaya. Garo is also used in Kamrup, Dhubri, Goalpara and the Darrang districts of Assam, India as well as in neighboring Bangladesh. Garo uses the Latin script and has a close affinity to Bodo, the language of one of the dominant communities of the neighbouring state of Assam.

Entry terms

  • Garo language

ISO 639-3 code

  • grt

Notation

  • grt

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URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/grt

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