Toto language

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About Toto language:

It is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the tribal Toto people and is written in the Bengali script.
A prominent community member Dhaniram Toto developed a script as recently as in 2015.
It is spoken by barely 1,600 people living in parts of West Bengal bordering Bhutan.

Key facts about Toto Shabda Sangraha

The dictionary has been compiled by Bhakta Toto, a bank employee-cum-poet, and published jointly by the trust and Bhasha Samsad
The dictionary is a step in the direction of preserving the language, alive so far only orally, by putting its vocabulary in print.
Toto words, to be translated into Bengali and English, will be composed in the Bengali script, considering that the Toto script is still in a nascent stage and members of the tribe are more familiar with the Bengali script.

Q1) What is Language?

Language is a system of communication used by humans and some animals to convey thoughts, ideas, emotions, and information. It is a complex and dynamic system that involves the use of sounds, words, and symbols to express meaning.

Source: A dictionary to save a language from extinction