Reang is the name of the people or tribe. The Reangs prefer to call their language as Kau Bru which is of Tibeto-Burmese origin. Here Kau stands for language and Bru stands for men. Reang is the second largest majority among the tribes in the state of Tripura. As per 2001 census report of India, the total population of Reang was about 76,450. The traditional name that the Reang people have been using to recognise themselves with is Bru. The Reangs prefer to call their language as Kau Bru which is of Tibeto-Burmese origin. Here Kau stands for language and Bru stands for men. Tripura is the term referring to both the language and the people. Tripura language (kokborok) belongs to Bodo-Garo group of Tibeto- Burman branch of Sino-Tibetan family. Tripura (tribes) is one of the tribes of Tripuri community. Tripuris are the largest tribal community in Tripura. The main purpose of this paper is to find out the similarities and differences - of sounds in both Tripura language (kokborok) and Kaubru from the descriptive and comparative point of view. The investigation focuses on the allophones and phonemes, diphthongs, vowels in word initial, medial and final correspondence etc. The phonemes and allophones and vowels are explained with examples from both languages in this study.
Keywords: Tripura language (kokborok), Reang, Kaubru, Tibeto-Burman, Phonological etc.
