ABSTRACT
The majority of languages spoken in Northeast India are Tibeto-Burman. Most of these belong to two hypothetical branches of the family: (1) Sal, including the Bodo-Garo, Northern Naga, and Jinghpaw languages, and (2) Kuki-Naga, including the South Central or Kuki-Chin sub-branch as well as Tangkhulic, Zeme, Ao, and Angami-Pochuri languages as well as probably Meitei and Karbi. The numerous Tibeto-Burman languages of Arunachal Pradesh mostly belong to the same major Central branch as Sal and Kuki-Naga, but a few belong to the Western branch along with Tibetan. The Bodo-Garo languages have been in the Brahmaputra Valley since the days of Kāmarūpa.
