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Bori
Bori-Karko
Region	Arunachal Pradesh
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Tani Eastern Bori
Dialects	Karko Komkar Pasi Shimong
Language codes
ISO 639-3	(included under Adi )
Glottolog	bori1243
ELP	Bori
Bori is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Bori is a Tani language of India. Bori is spoken in Payum Circle, West Siang District, Arunachal Pradesh (Megu 1988).

Bori is spoken by the Bori, an indigenous tribal people of India.

Post (2013) and Ethnologue classify Karko as a variety of Bori.

Phonology

Megu (1988) defines the consonant and vowel inventories as follows:

Grammar

Plurality is expressed by adding the auxiliary kídíng after the noun. Nouns have no inherent gender, but animals of a specific sex can be marked by two grammatical genders: masculine and feminine. The masculine is marked by the -bo suffix and the feminine is marked by the -né suffix. The word order is SOV.

Four cases are marked by a suffix on the noun. These are the locative, accusative, instrumental, and dative. The habitual aspect is marked by -do and the continuous aspect is marked by -dung. -la and -toka are imperative suffixes. -la can also be used for the interrogative.

Personal pronouns denote three persons and two numbers.

References

1. Mark W. Post. 2013. 'The defoliation of the Tani Stammbaum: A positive-minded exercise in contact linguistics.' Paper presented at the 19th Himalayan Languages Symposium, Australian National University, Sep. 9-10.
2. Adi at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
3. ^ Megu, Arak (1988). Bori Phrase Book. Itanagar: Directorate of Research, Government of Arunachal Pradesh.

Sources

• Megu, Arak. 1993. The Karkos and Their Language. Itanagar: Directorate of Research, Government of Arunachal Pradesh.

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