Koch is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the Koch people of India and Bangladesh. It is primarily spoken in the Indian states of Meghalaya and Lower Assam and in the northern parts of the country Bangladesh, where it serves as a major means of communication among the Koches. Koch language is written with Assamese, Bengali, Roman scripts.
There is an organization Koch Krorang Mathop in Tura, Meghalaya which publishes Koch materials, such as books, an annual Koch magazine. Koch Development Forum is also working on the promotion of the Koch language among the Koch people who have now switched their language to Indo-Aryan languages.
The state of Assam in Koch : + Kocho koro Assamese O' ani apani hadam O' ani pelemsa hadam
Edeghenek kanchikni edeghenek thaini edeghenek nasini hadam.
O' ani kanchikni hurang Asameni thaoni hurang Eh haye lami mung bongni Oten liya jhuchai mung.
O' ani bongni thane O' ani nasini ame
Chai lana ang Nani mahango Hapaka fungchanane. অ' মোৰ আপোনাৰ দেশ অ' মোৰ চিকুণী দেশ
এনেখন শুৱলা, এনেখন সুফলা এনেখন মৰমৰ দেশ।
অ' মোৰ সুৰীয়া মাত অসমৰ সুৱদী মাত পৃথিৱীৰ ক'তো বিচাৰি জনমটো নোপোৱা কৰিলেও পাত।
অ' মোৰ ওপজা ঠাই অ' মোৰ অসমী আই
চাই লওঁ এবাৰ মুখনি তোমাৰ হেঁপাহ মোৰ পলোৱা নাই।
+ Sample text: Article 4 of the human rights Act English koch In Latin script koch In Bengali-Assamese script All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood. Habongni hisape bebak morota rasong aro adhikar wai soman aro jokni. Orongni prengni aro chotta towa. Orong sopan sopanna ada-ajong ghenek bebohar hawni se usit dowa. হাবঙনি হিছাপে বেবাক মৰতা ৰাছঙ আৰ' আধিকাৰ ৱাই ছমান আৰ' জক্নি।অৰঙনি প্ৰেঙনি আৰ' চত্তা তৱা।অৰঙ ছপান ছপান্না আদা-আজঙ ঘেনেক বেবহাৰ হাৱনি ছে উছিত দৱা।
Dialects The Koch language is currently represented by five surviving dialects, which are as follows:
Wanang Tintikiya Harigaya Chapra and Margan Main Kochese is ( Wanang koch )
Short representation of the various dialects:
+ Sample question and answer: English Koch Harigaya Koch Tintikiya Koch Wanang What is your name? Nani ata mung? Nani bita mung? Nani atõ mung? My name is xyz. Ani mung Xyz. Ani mung Xyz. Ani mung Xyz.
+ Numbers: English Koch Harigaya Koch Tintikiya Koch Wanang Zero Era Ba Riyaa One Sa Go Godsa Two Ning Ma Nangning Three Tam Kol Metam Four Bri Homa Bri Five Bõng Maji Peisa Six Krõp Pachang Krob Seven Sin Urdek Sin Eight Gin Nigra Bin Nine Gis Difu Gind Ten Cha Bachak Dong
Geographical distribution Koch is spoken in:
Assam: Baksa district - Hodi or Koch Mandai Bongaigaon district - Madaci Koch, Koch Darrang district - Hodi or Koch Mandai Dhemaji district - Hodi or Koch Mandai Dhubri district - Madaci Koch, Koch Goalpara district - Madaci koch, Kocho koro, Hodi or Koch Mandai Kokrajhar district - Madaci Koch, Koch Lakhimpur district - Hodi or Koch Mandai Nagaon district - Hodi or Koch Mandai, Kocho koro Udalguri district - Hodi or Koch Mandai Sonitpur district - Hodi or Koch Mandai South Salmara district - Hodi or Koch Mandai, Koch Bangladesh: Hodi or Koch Mandai and Kocho koro Meghalaya: East Khasi Hills district - Hodi alias Koch Mandai West Garo Hills district - Koch Tripura: Hodi or Koch Mandai or koch
Notes
References
Dialects "Different Dialects" https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/koch1250 "Different Dialects Koch language report by UNESCO World Atlas of Languages Koch Dictionary