Ruga language
Garo dialect of India
| Ruga | |
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| Native to | India |
Native speakers | 10 (2019)[1] |
Language family | Sino-Tibetan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ruh |
| Glottolog | ruga1238 |
| ELP | Ruga |
 Ruga is classified as Critically Endangered language by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger[2] | |
Ruga is a Garo dialect, an Sino-Tibetan language that spoken in the East Garo Hills district and West Garo Hills, Meghalaya, India. Today, people who identify themselves as Ruga have shifted to Garo and only a few elderly native Ruga speakers remain.[1]
Ruga Tribe
Ruga people identify as a sub-tribe of a GaroTribe. Ruga people have their own distinct identity. Ruga language shares similarities with other Garo languages. It is closely related to Atong language (Sino-Tibetan) and Koch language.Ruga speakers have lost their language and hence, they have shifted to Am·beng dialect. They mostly reside along the valleys of Bugai River and in Rugapara areas of Gasuapara block under South Garo Hills.
References
- ^ a b Ruga at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Moseley, Christopher; Nicolas, Alexander, eds. (2010). Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (PDF) (3rd ed.). Paris: UNESCO. pp. 43–47. ISBN 978-92-3-104096-2. Archived from the original on 23 July 2022.
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Burmese border
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