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Aimol
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Angami
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Ao
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Awan
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Badaga
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Bharia
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Baiga
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Bangni
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Banjara
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Bhil
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Birhor
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Bishnoi
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Bodo
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Bondo
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Chakhesang
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Chang
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Chenchu
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Chote
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Dal
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Dandami Marias
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Dhodia
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Didayi
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Digaro-Mishmi
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Dimasa Kachari
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Dogra |
Gaddis
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Garo
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Gowlan
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Gujjars
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Halbaa
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Hmar
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Ho
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Idu Mishmi
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Irula
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Jaintias
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Jarawa
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Jenu Kurumba
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Juang
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Kabui
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Kadu Kuruba
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Khasi
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Khoibu
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Khond
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Kinnaure
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Kisan
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Kondh
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Korku
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Koya
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Kulis
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Kutchi
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Lahules
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Liangmai
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Lohara
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Lotha
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Madia
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Magahi
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Magar Eastern
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Mahali
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Mao |
Maram
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Meena
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Meithei
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Miju-Mishmi
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Miri
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Monpa
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Monsang
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Munda
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Nicobarese Southern
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Nishi
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Nocte
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Onge
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Oraon
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Paite
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Paliyan
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Pangwali
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Piral
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Pochury
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Poumai
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Raika
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Rengma
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Santali
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Saora
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Savara
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Sema
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Sentinel
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Shom Peng
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Spitians
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Sulung
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Tagin
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Tangkhul
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Tutsa
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Vaiphei
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Wancho
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Warli
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Yerukula
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Zangskari
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Zomi
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Bodo
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| Indigenous Group |
Bodo (Also known as: Boro, Bodi, Bara, Boroni, Mechi, Meche, Mech, Meci,
Kachari )
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| Location |
India, Assam, South Bank; West Bengal, Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, Coch-Behar
districts; Manipur, Chandel (Tengnoupal) District; Meghalaya, West Garo
Hills District.
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| Estimated Population |
600,000 (1997,
SIL International) |
| Environment |
Plains
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| Lifestyle |
Sedentary
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| Subsistence |
Agriculture / Weaving
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| Level of Assimilation |
Fairly Traditional
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| Language Family |
Bodo
Classification:
Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Jingpho-Konyak-Bodo, Konyak-Bodo-Garo,
Bodo-Garo, Bodo
Alternate Names:
Boro, Bodi, Bara, Boroni, Mechi, Meche, Mech, Meci, Kachari
Dialects:
Chote, Mech |
| Website URLs |
Ethnologue: Bodo , a language of India
Tribes of North Darrang - Bodos
Wikipedia – Bodo Kachari
Bodoland
The Boro People
Minorities at Risk (MAR), Assessment for Bodos in India
Language in India, Language News This Month: Bodo Land
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| NGOs |
NGOs in Bongaigaon
Minorities at Risk (MAR)
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