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I n m o st scheduled tribe in branches of Tibeto- _ _ Meghalaya, Nagaland B u r m a n l a n g u a g e and Arunachal Pradesh. _ _ group, case is post- r e g i o n o f I n d i a is prominent hill tribe _ p o s i t i o n . I n Ka r b i _ comprises the states of a m o n g t h e t r i b a l _ 2. LAND AND THE language, the case is A s s a m , A r u n a c h a l _ communities of Assam. PEOPLE _ _ realized in the form of Pradesh, Meghalaya, _ The term Karbi stands Karbi Anglong district is post-positions. The situated in the central _ _ Mizoram, Manipur, _ for the meaning of both present study deals with Nagaland, Sikkim and the tribe and language. part of Assam. It is _ the case markers in Karbi _ Tripura. Geographically, Racially the Karbis _ bounded by Golaghat language spoken among A s s a m i s s i t u ate d _ belongs to the Indo- district in the East, _ _ the Karbi tribe of Karbi b e t w e e n 9 0 - 9 6 ' E _ Mongoloid group and M e g h a l a y a a n d Anglong district. The Morigaon district in the _ _ Longitude and 24 - 28' N _ linguistically, they i n f o r m a t i o n w a s West, Nagaon and L o n g i t u d e . I t i s _ belong to the Tibeto- collected through semi- _ surrounded by six states Burman linguistic group _ Golaghat district in the _ structured questionnaire of the North-Eastern of the Sino-Tibetan North and North Cachar _ _ and interview schedule India. It is bounded in _ family of languages. H i l l s d i s t r i c t a n d among the common _ Nagaland in the South. _ the North by Bhutan and Geographically, the _ people of different The total geographical Arunachal Pradesh. _ Karbis are found mainly localities of the district. _ Nagaland and Manipur in Karbi Anglong district _ area of Assam is 78438 _ T h e s t u d y h a s in the East. Mizoram, of Assam. Besides Karbi sq. Km. and out of which, _ _ highlighted the structure Tripura, Bangladesh and _ Anglong district, the t h e a re a o f Ka r b i and the types of cases in _ Anglong district is _ Meghalaya in the South Karbis inhabited areas _ Karbi language. 10,434sq.kilometers. It and South-West. West _ are such as North Cachar _ _ is the largest district of Bengal is in the West. _ Hill , Kamrup, Nagaon, KEYWORDS:Case, Karbi Assam also shares Morigaon ,Golaghat, Assam on the basis of _ _ l a n g u a g e , T i b e t o - international borders _ Lakhimpur and Sonitpur area. As per the census Burman language. _ of India (2011), the total _ w i t h B h u t a n a n d district of Assam ; Balijan _ population of Assam is Bangladesh. Assam is a _ Circle of Papumpare 1.INTRODUCTION : _ _ 31169272, of which the land of various tribes _ district in Arunachal T h e N o r t h - Ea ste r n and languages. The Karbi Pradesh; Jaintia hills ,Ri total population of Karbi _ _ _ Available online at www.lsrj.in 1 CASE MARKERS IN KARBI LANGUAGE Volume - 6 | Issue - 6 | December - 2016 Anglong district 9, 65,280. According to the Census of India (2011), the population density (person per sq. km.)Of Karbi Anglong district are 93.This district is the second lowest district in Assam from the view point of density of population. The population of the district is predominantly tribal. The major tribal ethnic groups of this district are namely Karbis, Bodos, Kukis, Dimasas, Hmars, Garos, Rengma Nagas, Tiwas, Man(Tai language Speaking), Mizo, Monipuri, Khasi etc. Besides, a large number of non-tribal also live together in this hill region. The Karbis constituted 10.7% of the total tribal population (33, 08,570) in the state of Assam in 2001 Year. The estimated population of Karbis according to Census of India (2001) is 4, 60,000. With this population, the Karbis constituted the third largest tribal community in Assam after the Bodos and Mishings. 3. THE KARBI LANGUAGE In Assam, languages belonging to different language families are found namely, Indo-Aryan, Austro- Asiatic and Tibeto-Burman. The Karbi language belongs to the Mikir group of the Tibeto-Burman sub-group of the Sino-Tibetan language family. It has pointed out the similarities between Karbi language and the Kuki-Chin languages. However, in accordance to Linguistic Survey of India, conducted under the supervision of Sir George Abraham Grierson, the Karbi language has been categorized between the Bodo language group on one hand and the Kuki-Chin and Naga language group on the other. Linguistically, they are generally bilingual. Karbi and Assamese are two prominent languages, which play a significant role in their society. They speak in Karbi language to their own community in their domestic life. But, they speak state language Assamese in their social life. They have also adopted Assamese for educational purpose. Like most languages of the hill tribes of the North-east India, Karbi does not have their own script and is written in the Roman alphabet. Occasionally, they have written in Assamese script. Assamese is the main language used for communication in the Karbi Anglong district. So, the Karbi language is highly influenced by Assamese language. 4. METHODOLOGY The present paper attempts to investigate or analyse the case system in Karbi language spoken in Karbi Anglong district of Assam.