Ruga language
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- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2021001612
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh2021001612#concept
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- found: Work cat: The Ruga language, 2016:title page (Ruga language) preface (Ruga language was, until recently spoken in and around the village of Rugapara in the South-Central Garo Hills. Ruga was closely related to Atong, to Rabha, and to the Koch languages, and it therefore counts as a member of the "Koch" subgroup of Boro-Garo. This in turn, belongs to the vast Tibeto-Burman language family) (DLC)2019328159
- found: Ethnologue (Website), viewed on March 11, 2021(Ruga; a language of India; classification: Sino-Tibetan›Tibeto-Burman›Sal›Boro-Garo›Koch; location: Meghalaya state: East Garo Hills district) - https://www.ethnologue.com/language/ruh
- found: Endangeredlanguages (Website), viewed on March 11, 2021(Ruga; classification: Sino-Tibetan; critically endangered. The Ruga language now appears to be moribund. A few older people can still speak what they consider to be Ruga, but the speech of those I have met is heavily influenced by Garo, and the remaining speakers admit that they are more comfortable with Garo than with Ruga) - http://www.endangeredlanguages.com/lang/5350
- found: DBpedia (Website), viewed on March 11, 2021(Ruga language,is an extinct Sino-Tibetan language that was spoken in East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya, India. The last speaker died in the late 2000s. Today, people who identify themselves as Ruga are all speakers of Garo (A'chik)) - https://dbpedia.org/page/Ruga_language
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- PL4001.R84
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- 2021-03-11: new
- 2021-09-10: revised
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