Atong language (Sino-Tibetan)
Sino-Tibetan language spoken in southern Meghalaya, India
A’tong (also spelled Attong) is a language spoken in Bangladesh. It is spoken by about 5,400 people in the northern Netrokona District.
| Atong | |
|---|---|
| Native to | India, Bangladesh |
| Region | India, State of Meghalaya and adjacent areas in Bangladesh |
Native speakers | (undated figure of 10,000, 4,600 in India)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | aot |
| Glottolog | aton1241 |
| ELP | Atong (India) |
The language will possibly become more mixed with the Abeng dialect of Garo and Bengali. Many children can speak Abeng before starting school, but most speakers also have good proficiency in Bengali.
They are reckoned by themselves and other Garos to be Garos, but the languages are not mutually intelligible with Garo. The speakers of A’tong are mostly Christian peasants.
References
change- ↑ Atong at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)