LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 15:1 January 2015
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
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Case in Reang

Y. Arunima Singha, Ph.D. Research Scholar

Abstract

This paper attempts to describe the various case markers used in Reang which show the relationship between the noun and pronoun with other constituent elements in a sentence. Case is a grammatical category whose value reflects the grammatical function performed by a noun or pronoun in a phrase, clause or sentence. It deals with the nominative, accusative, genitive, instrumental, locative, ablative and associative markers in Reang.

Key words: Reang language, case markers, noun, pronoun, phrase, sentence.

1. Introduction

Reang is one of the tribal languages spoken by the Reang people in different parts of North East India, and Chittagong Hill tracts of Bangladesh. Ethnically, Reangs are mongoloid and their language may fall under the Bodo-Garo group of the Tibeto-Burman language family. The speakers of Reang are mainly found in three districts of Tripura, namely, West, South and North Tripura. They are also found in Northern part of Mizoram and Southern part of Assam. It is the second largest majority among the tribes in the state of Tripura.

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Y. Arunima Singha, Ph.D. Research Scholar
Department of Linguistics
Assam University
Silchar 788011
Assam
India
yendrembam.arunima@gmail.com

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