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Volume 22:3 March 2022
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The Noun Formation of Bodo and Koch Rabha Languages:
A Comparative Study

Bindu Basumatary, Research Scholar
Supervisor: Dr. Indira Boro

Abstract

Northeastern States of India present a hub of various communities, ethnic groups and languages. Most of these languages have close affinities in the field of linguistic traits. These languages basically belong to the Sino-Tibetan language family. Among of these languages, Bodo and Koch Rabha belong to the cognate group of Tibeto-Burman groups of languages under the greater Sino-Tibetan Language Family. Linguistically, both Bodo and Koch Rabha languages have similarities in case of phonology, morphology, syntactic and semantically. The present paper intends to make a comparative study in the field of noun formation of Bodo and Koch Rabha languages and the similarities in its formation.

Keywords: Northeast India, Koch Rabha Language, Noun, Bodo

1. Introduction

North East India is the habitat of many tribes and ethnic groups with diverse ethnic origins. Linguists and scholars are of the opinion that the Bodo and Koch Rabha are known to be the cognate group of languages belonging to the Tibeto-Burman language under the greater Sino-Tibetan group of languages. The languages of Bodo and Rabha belong to the Bodo group of languages under the Bodo-Naga under the greater Assam-Burmese group of languages. There are different dialects in the Rabha group of languages, viz., Rongdani, Koch, Maitori, Pati, Dahori, Totla and Hana. From this point of view, it is observed that there are linguistic similarities between Bodo and Koch Rabha languages in noun formation.

1.1 Statement of the Problem

The languages of Bodo and Koch Rabha are independent languages which are originated from the Bodo group of the Sino-Tibetan language family. In a similar way, Assam-Burmese group is originated from the Tibeto-Burman and the Sino-Tibetan group. The Bodo and Koch Rabha languages also originated from the Bodo-Naga group under the Assam-Burmese group. There are not only racial similarities between the Bodo and the Koch Rabha but also linguistics similarities. There are close similarities between the two languages in many respects. Therefore, the researcher has taken up this topic to make a comparative study on the similarities of noun formation.

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Bindu Basumatary, Research Scholar
Bodoland University, Kokrajhar
bindubasumatary0@gmail.com

Supervisor
Dr. Indira Boro, Professor and Dean
Bodoland University, Kokrajhar, India

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