[4] They primarily inhabit the plains of Lower Assam and the Dooars, while some are found in the Garo Hills.

[6] Linguistically, Rabha has been classified in the following way: Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, JingphoKonyak-Bodo, Konyak-Bodo-Garo, Bodo-Garo, Koch (Lewis 2009).

However, except Rongdani, Maituri and kocha the rest of the Rabha groups have abandoned their mother tongue for Assamese.

In their day-to-day conversation they speak a broken variety of Assamese mixed with some Rabha words and expressions, and it has been called by a few researchers “Rabhamese."

Rabha in many cases shows points of resemblance with Atong which is a variety traditionally considered a dialect of Garo[7][8]