Phonological Study of Kokborok and Englishfrom the Perspective of Contrastive Analysis
Keywords:
Kokborok, Tibeto-Burman, English language, Indo-European, second languageAbstract
Kokborok and English are two different languages. Kokborok is a language belonging to the Tibeto-Burman family, primarily spoken in the North Eastern region of India particularly in the states of Tripura, Assam, Mizoram and in the Neighbouring country Bangladesh, whereas, English is a global language that is part of the Indo-European language family. The present paper attempts to compare and contrast the sound systems of Kokborok and English to ascertain the similarities and distinctions in the sound systems of the two languages. This paper also highlights the challenges and the most common errors made by the Kokborok speakers while learning English as their second language.
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