Kokborok language

• In the face of severe protests from different student organizations, civil societies and political parties, the Tripura Board of Secondary Education (TBSE) has allowed both Roman and Bengali scripts as the script of choice for writing answer scripts of Kokborok paper in the board examinations.

ABOUT KOKBOROK LANGUAGE

• Kokborok is the lingua franca of most of Tripura’s 19 tribal communities.
• It is an oral language like most indigenous languages of the region.
• Kokborok was first recognised as an official state language of Tripura in 1979.
• It belongs to Tibeto-Burman family.
• Tripura’s primary Opposition TIPRA Motha party has been demanding the Roman script to be declared as the official script for the indigenous language and as one of the scripts allowed for board exams.