Garo
Language Information
Garo is spoken in northeastern India, in the Garo Hills of Meghalaya and in Assam, and in neighboring Bangladesh.
Garo is a Tibeto-Burman language of the Bodo-Garo group, with about 1 million speakers. The Garo are one of the few matrilineal societies in the world, in which family names and property pass through the mother.
Garo is a Tibeto-Burman language of the Bodo-Garo group, with about 1 million speakers. The Garo are one of the few matrilineal societies in the world, in which family names and property pass through the mother.
- Language Family
- Sino-Tibetan
- Subgroup
- Tibeto-Burman