ISO 639-3 · aotaot
Sino-Tibetan family
Atong
Atong is a language of the Koch branch (Sino-Tibetan), spoken in Bangladesh and India. Wikidata describes it as “Sino-Tibetan language spoken in southern Meghalaya, India”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
aot- Glottocode
aton1241- Family
- Sino-Tibetan
- EGIDS
- 7 Shifting
- UNESCO
- Severely endangered
- Wikipedia
- 15 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
2scripts
6levels in the tree
7EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Atong |
|---|---|
| Also called | A'tong, A'Tong language, Atong (India) |
| Written in | Latin script, Bangla–Assamese script |
Vitality
EGIDS 7 Shifting7
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Severely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Sino-Tibetan to Atong
The branches above Atong, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Bangladesh
panPunjabiunclassified · 125 mSafebenBanglaIndo-European · 106 m1 · NationalsylSylhetiIndo-European · 14 m3 · Wider CommunicationctgChittagonianIndo-European · 13 m3 · Wider CommunicationsatSantaliAustroasiatic · 7.2 m4 · EducationalsckNagpuriIndo-European · 7 m3 · Wider CommunicationoakNoakhaliIndo-European · 7 mkruKurukhDravidian · 2 m5 · DevelopingrhgRohingyaIndo-European · 1.8 m6a · VigorousmniMeiteiSino-Tibetan · 1.5 m2 · Provincial