Bori language should not be confused with Karko language (Sudan).
| Bori | |
| Nativename: | Bori-Karko |
| Region: | Arunachal Pradesh |
| Speakers: | ? |
| Familycolor: | Sino-Tibetan |
| Fam2: | Tani |
| Fam3: | Eastern |
| Dia1: | Karko |
| Dia2: | Komkar |
| Dia3: | Pasi |
| Dia4: | Shimong |
| Iso3: | none |
| Iso3comment: | (included under Adi [adi]) |
| Glotto: | bori1243 |
| Glottorefname: | Bori-Karko |
| Map2: | Lang Status 60-DE.svg |
Bori is a Tani language of India. Bori is spoken in Payum Circle, West Siang District, Arunachal Pradesh (Megu 1988).
Bori is spoken by the Bori, an indigenous tribal people of India.
Post (2013)[1] and Ethnologue classify Karko as a variety of Bori.
Megu (1988) defines the consonant and vowel inventories as follows:[2]
| Plosive | Voiceless | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voiced | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |||
| Fricative | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||||
| Nasal | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||
| Trill | pronounced as /ink/~pronounced as /ink/ | |||||
| Approximant | pronounced as /ink/ | |||||
| Lateral | pronounced as /ink/ | |||||
| Close | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close-mid | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||
| Open-mid | pronounced as /ink/ | |||
| Open | pronounced as /ink/, pronounced as /ink/ |
Plurality is expressed by adding the auxiliary kídíng after the noun. Nouns have no inherent gender, but animals of a specific sex can be marked by two grammatical genders: masculine and feminine. The masculine is marked by the -bo suffix and the feminine is marked by the -né suffix. The word order is SOV.
Four cases are marked by a suffix on the noun. These are the locative, accusative, instrumental, and dative. The habitual aspect is marked by -do and the continuous aspect is marked by -dung. -la and -toka are imperative suffixes. -la can also be used for the interrogative.
Personal pronouns denote three persons and two numbers.
| 1 | ngo | ngolu | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | no | nolu | |
| 3 | bí | bulu |