Kokborok Day (Tripuri language Day) is a festival celebrated in the Indian state of

Tripura Tripura (, Bengali: ) is a state in Northeast India. The third-smallest state in the country, it covers ; and the seventh-least populous state with a population of 36.71 lakh ( 3.67 million). It is bordered by Assam and Mizoram to the ea ...

to celebrate the development of the

Kokborok language Kokborok (also known as Tripuri or Tiprakok) is the main native language of the Tripuri people of the Indian state of Tripura and neighbouring areas of Bangladesh. Its name comes from ''kok'' meaning "verbal" and ''borok'' meaning "people" o ...

. It is observed on 19 January every year. The Kokborok language is an official language in Tripura. This day is chosen to commemorate its initial recognition as an official language in 1979. The activities include cultural programmes and literary activities.

Kokborok

Kokborok/Tripuri is the native language of Tripura, spoken for thousands of years among the

Tripuri Tripuri refer to: *Tripuri people, an ethnic group in India and Bangladesh, also known as Tipra people **Tripuri language **Tripuri nationalism **Tripuri calendar **Tripuri culture **Tripuri cuisine **Tripuri dances **Tripuri dress **Tripuri games ...

community of Tripura. It is one of the ancient language of North East India. ''Kok'' means language and ''borok'' means people. Kokborok was formerly known as Tiprakok/Tripurikok. Kokborok (Tripuri) is one of the

Tibeto-Burman languages The Tibeto-Burman languages are the non- Sinitic members of the Sino-Tibetan language family, over 400 of which are spoken throughout the Southeast Asian Massif ("Zomia") as well as parts of East Asia and South Asia. Around 60 million people sp ...

widely spoken in the Northeastern part of

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in the state of

and neighbouring CHT hill tracts of

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

. The Kokborok language is one of the fastest growing and developing Tibeto-Burman languages in the region. The language is spoken mainly by the Tripuri clans like Debbarma, Kalai,

Reang Reang is a Tripuri clan of the Indian state of Mizoram and Tripura. The Reangs can be found all over the Tripura state in India. However, they may also be found in Assam and Mizoram. They speak the Kaubru language which is similar with Kokborok ...

Jamatia The 'Jamatias' are the one of the main Tripuri clans of Tripura and the only such clan with its own Customary law in practice, which is called Jamatia Raida. See also * Tripuri people * Kokborok * Jamatia Hoda * List of Scheduled Tribes in I ...

Noatia Noatia are one of the Tripuri clan of Tripura state of India. The clan mainly lives in the North Tripura districts of the Tripura state of India. They speak the Noatia dialect of Kokborok which is of Tibeto-Burmese origin. The Noatia are one of ...

, Rupini, Murasing and Uchoi. The community who speak Kokborok is Tripuri community. All the people who speak Kokborok are known as "Tripuris". It is mentioned in the chronicle of the Tripura Kings who were the Tripuri rulers (184 kings) of Tripura for more than two thousand years that "Koloma" was the script of Kokborok. The revival of the script is in process. The script of the Kokborok is not yet finalised due to many socio-political debates, but many people prefer writing it in "

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" " Kokborok tei Hukumu Mission", many government and non-government groups are continuously involved in promoting and developing Kokborok language, Art, literature, and films/songs through cultural revolution. It has been a great achievement by the people of Tripura that the Kokborok language is now taught in government schools, colleges, and universities. The effort is still being made to further to improve the language and to bring it into the mainstream.

References

{{reflist Government of Tripura January observances Language observances Languages of Tripura