Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb Saturday at 41st Kokborok Day celebrations in Agartala said his government is working to develop Kokborok and other minority languages and challenged that he would prove himself by delivering his speech next year in the indigenous language.
 
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Kokborok is the lingua franca of most of Tripura’s tribal communities. As many as one third of Tripura’s 27 lakh population are from 18 tribal communities. Most of them live in Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC), which is spread across 7,132.56 square km and covers nearly 68% of the state’s geographical area.
As per government estimates, 8,14,375 people from Tripura, Reang, Jamatia, Noatia, Kalai, Rupini, Murasing and Uchoi communities speak Kokborok language.