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Among the nineteen different tribes, the Tripuris are the largest tribe in Tripura in terms of numbers. According to Suniti Kumar Chatterjee 'Tripuris belong to the Bodo clan of Indo-Mongolian population. The Bodoras were spread throughout the Brahmaputra valley and formed strong organizations in North Bengal and East Bengal and spread throughout North East India. The Bodedas are the most important Indo-Mongol population in eastern India and the mainstay of the current population of these regions. Tripuris are divided into two groups - Old Tripuri and Desi Tripuri. The Purana Tripuris claim that they are the original inhabitants of Tripura and that the Kshatriya warriors are their ancestors. Purana Tripuri along with Devavarman are numerically superior to other tribes. Desi Tripuris originated from a mixture of Bengalis and Tripuris. Tripuris have their own dialect. This dialect, called Kok Barok, is part of the Bodo group of the Assamese Burmese branch of the Tibeto Burmese language family. It is the mother tongue of most of the tribes. Mother tongue of most of them. It has no written form.