Atong

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Meghalaya state: south Garo Hills district; possibly Assam state: south Kamrup district.

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Language NameAtong

User Population

5,400 in Bangladesh.

Location

Dhaka division: north Netrokona district.

Alternate Names

A’tong, Attong

Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Language Use

Home, village. Some of all ages. Also use Garo [grt] (Van Breugel 2014). Also use Bengali [ben], with good proficiency. Used as L2 by Megam [mef].

Other Comments

Seen by themselves and other Garos to be Garos, but the languages are not mutually intelligible. Christian.