Koch language

{{Short description|Sal (Sino-Tibetan) language spoken in India and Bangladesh}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}}

{{Use Indian English|date=December 2018}}

{{Infobox language

| name = Koch

| nativename =

| states = India, Bangladesh

| ethnicity = Koch

| speakers = 36,434

| date = 2011

| ref = {{Cite web |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_Data_Online/Language/Statement1.aspx |title=Abstract of Speakers' Strength of Languages and Mother Tongues - 2001 |publisher=Go |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014133158/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_Data_Online/Language/Statement1.aspx |archive-date=14 October 2013 |access-date=10 July 2017 |url-status=live }}

| familycolor = Sino-Tibetan

| fam2 = Tibeto-Burman?

| fam3 = Central?

| fam4 = Sal

| fam5 = Boro-Garo

| fam6 = Kochic

| iso3 = kdq

| glotto = koch1250

| glottorefname = Koch

| ELP2 = 5679

| ELPname2 = Pani Koch (= Banai, Wanang)

| map = Koch.map.png

| mapcaption = Map of the Koch language

}}

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, West Bengal, and Lower Assam and in the northern parts of the country Bangladesh, where it serves as a major means of communication among the Koches (including Koch-Rajbongshi) and other ethnic groups in the region. 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 and National Anthem of Assam in Koch :

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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।

class="wikitable" |+ 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।