Silchar: A team of professors from the Department of Linguistics, University of North Texas, United States, visited southern Assam’s Cachar district on Monday to collect details about language, tradition and history of various tribes, which are apparently facing the threat of getting extinct.
The two-member team of linguists from the US, accompanied by a 35-member group of the Department of Linguistics, Assam University including teachers, research scholars and students, went to Aimol Punjee (Balucherra), around 32km from Silchar, under Nayabil GP under Dholai assembly constituency in Cachar district, and met people of various small tribes.
US-based linguists Shobhana Chelliah and Mary Burke interacted with local residents who belong to different tribal communities like Aimol, Sairen, Kuki and Rongkhal, and learnt about their languages, culture and history.
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