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Elementary<br />

Secondary<br />

1. Assamese 1. Assamese<br />

2. Bengali 2. Bengali<br />

3. Bodo 3. Bodo<br />

4. Manipuri 4. Manipuri<br />

5. Garo 5. Hindi<br />

6. Hmar 6. English<br />

7. Nepali<br />

8. Hindi<br />

9. English<br />

Besides these mediums, the government has recognized the following mother tongues as language<br />

subjects starting from Class <strong>II</strong>I:<br />

10. Rabha<br />

11. Bishnupriya Manipuri<br />

12. Mising<br />

13. Tiwa<br />

14. Tai<br />

At present, a large number of languages are being introduced as mother-tongue languages in schools<br />

throughout different parts of the state. However, these languages have no standardised writing system<br />

or dictionaries, and thus, it is difficult to include them as a medium of instruction.<br />

Project on mother-tongue/bilingual literacy programmes for minority<br />

communities<br />

The following organizations have been involved in the project:<br />

Academic Support<br />

Summer Institute of Linguistics International<br />

Department of Linguistics, Gauhati University<br />

Language Support<br />

Rabha Bhasa Parisad<br />

Rabha Literary Society<br />

Organizational Support<br />

District Literacy Committee, Goalpara (Zilla Saksharata Samiti)<br />

District Literacy Committee, Bongaigaon (Zilla Saksharata Samiti)<br />

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