Tribes and names

There are many tribes that speak local dialects. Many children thus do not speak Bangla. Most of the time when someone mentions a surname you straight away know what tribe he comes from. The locals of course may tell also by the look or accent of the locals.

One tribe I recognize a bit. That is the Garo tribe, they live in the north and most of them are on the Indian side of the border. The Garo tribe comes from Tibet (some 800 year ago) and they still have some traces in their nature that make them rather different from other local people. The very positive aspect of Garo people is that they are organized and on time. :o)

There is eg. one tribe in the North West called Santal. Then if your name is Marandi, Hembrom, Soren, Murmu, Kisku, Chorea, Tudu or Baski, you are from this tribve. On the other hand there are some other, probably smaller tribes, which means that your names is the name of the tribe such as Tripura or Chakma (these tribes come form the Chittagong area).