Proto-Bodo

In the state of Assam, India, and in adjoining Tripura, a number of Tibeto-Burman languages and dialects are spoken which are generally referred to collectively as the Bodo group. The linguistic affinity of these languages has been recognized for over a century, and from time to time comparative vocabulary lists from two or more of the languages have been published to demonstrate their relation to each other and, more broadly, to other languages of the Tibeto-Burman family. The Linguistic Survey of India recognized Bodo as one of the major groups of the Assam branch of Tibeto-Burman; no more extensive comparative vocabulary than this contains has yet appeared. The existence of Bodo as a reasonably well defined subgroup of Tibeto-Burman has long been accepted, and there seems no reason to question this judgment.