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There is a community of Kokborok speakers in neighbouring Bangladesh.
Sino-Tibetan languages Languages of India Languages of BangladeshKokborok is a Tibeto-Burmese language and is closely related to the Boro language.It is a typical Tibeto-Burmese language and consists of the following vowels sounds: 1. 'a' as in Father 2. 'e' as in end 3. 'i' as in in 4. 'o' as in hot 5. 'u' as in put 6. 'w' as in German u, this a special sound and is not present in English but is very common in the Tibeto-Burmese languages.
The consonants are b,d,g,h,j,k,l,m,n,p,r,s,t,y along with combined consonants ch,kh,ph,th,ng.
The issue of which script to use for the Kokborok language continues to provoke political controversy. The line of the Ganamukti Parishad of Dasarath Deb was that Bengali script ought to be used for the language. That policy is the one implemented by the Left Front government in Tripura. The ethnonationalist opposition, such as INPT, advocates usage of Latin script.
There have also been attempts to create an entirely new script for the language. The most notable one was constructed by Alinda Tripura. It is however, not in use.