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{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2018}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Koch
|nativename=
|states=[[India]] , [[Nepal]] & [[Bangladesh]]
|speakers= 36,434
|date= 2011
|ref= <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_Data_Online/Language/Statement1.aspx |title=Abstract of Speakers' Strength of Languages and Mother Tongues - 2001 |publisher=Go |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014133158/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_Data_Online/Language/Statement1.aspx |archive-date=14 October 2013 |access-date=10 July 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|familycolor=Sino-Tibetan
|fam2=[[Sal languages|Sal]]
|fam3=[[Bodo–Garo languages|Bodo-Garo]]
|fam4=[[Koch languages|Koch]]
|iso3=kdq
|glotto=koch1250
|glottorefname=Koch
|ELP2=5679
|ELPname2=Pani Koch (= Banai, Wanang)
}}

'''Koch''' is a [[Sino-Tibetan languages|Sino-Tibetan language]] spoken by the [[Koch people]] of [[Republic of India]] and [[Koch people|Koch]] people in [[Nepal]], [[Bhutan]] and [[Bangladesh]].

==Geographical distribution==
Koch is spoken in:

*[[Assam]]:
**[[Baksa district]] - Hodi or Koch Mandai
**[[Darrang district]] - Hodi or Koch Mandai
**[[Dhemaji district]] - Hodi or Koch Mandai
**[[Goalpara district]] - Madaci koch, kocha Rabha, Kocho koro, Hodi or Koch Mandai
**[[Lakhimpur district]] - Hodi or Koch Mandai
**[[Nagaon district]] - Hodi or Koch Mandai, Kocho koro
**[[Udalguri district]] - Hodi or Koch Mandai
**[[Sonitpur district]] - Hodi or Koch Mandai
*[[Bangladesh]]: Hodi or Koch Mandai and Kocho koro
*[[Bihar]]: Rajbongshi koch
*[[Meghalaya]]:
**[[East Khasi hills]] - Hodi alias Koch Mandai
**[[West Garo Hills district]] - Kocha rabha or Koch
*[[Tripura]]: Hodi or Koch Mandai or koch
*[[West Bengal]]: Rajbongshi koch, Kocha Rabha

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Sino-Tibetan languages}}
{{Sal languages}}
{{Languages of Northeast India}}

[[Category:Languages of Bangladesh]]
[[Category:Sal languages]]
[[Category:Languages of Assam]]
[[Category:Languages of Meghalaya]]
[[Category:Languages of Tripura]]
[[Category:Endangered languages of India]]



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