Ruga language

Ruga is a Garo dialect, a Sino-Tibetan language that spoken in the East Garo Hills district and West Garo Hills, Meghalaya, India. Today, people who identify themselves as Ruga have shifted to Garo and only a few elderly native Ruga speakers remain.^[1]

Ruga
Native to	India
Native speakers	10 (2019)[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Sal Bodo–Garo Koch Ruga
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ruh
Glottolog	ruga1238
ELP	Ruga
Ruga is classified as Critically Endangered language by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger[2]

Ruga Tribe

Ruga people identify as a sub-tribe of a GaroTribe. Ruga people have their own distinct identity. Ruga language shares similarities with other Garo languages. It is closely related to Atong language (Sino-Tibetan) and Koch language.Ruga speakers have lost their language and hence, they have shifted to Am·beng dialect. They mostly reside along the valleys of Bugai River and in Rugapara areas of Gasuapara block under South Garo Hills.