Ruga is a Garo dialect, a Sino-Tibetan language that spoken in the East Garo Hills district and West Garo Hills, Meghalaya, India. Today, people who identify themselves as Ruga have shifted to Garo and only a few elderly native Ruga speakers remain.[1][3]
| Ruga | |
|---|---|
| Native to | India |
| Region | Meghalaya |
| Ethnicity | Ruga |
Native speakers | 10 (2019)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ruh |
| Glottolog | ruga1238 |
| ELP | Ruga |
 Ruga is classified as Critically Endangered language by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger[2] | |
Ruga people
editThe Ruga people identify as a sub-tribe of a Garo people. The Ruga people have their own distinct identity. The Ruga language shares similarities with other Garo languages. It is closely related to Atong language (Sino-Tibetan) and Koch language. The Ruga speakers have lost their language and hence, they have shifted to Am·beng dialect. They mostly reside along the valleys of Bugai River and in Rugapara areas of Gasuapara block under South Garo Hills.
References
edit- 1 2 Ruga at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ↑ Moseley, Christopher; Nicolas, Alexander, eds. (2010). Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (PDF) (3rd ed.). Paris: UNESCO. pp. 43–47. ISBN 978-92-3-104096-2. Archived from the original on 23 July 2022.
- ↑ "Hope floats for Ruga revival as researchers find three speakers of language". The Times of India. 2023-02-22. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2026-05-08.
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