Nishi language
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| Nishi | |
|---|---|
| Dafla | |
| Region | Arunachal Pradesh, Assam |
| Ethnicity | Nishi people |
Native speakers | 270,000 (2001 census)[1] |
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Sino-Tibetan
| |
| Dialects |
Tagin
Bangni
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
dap – inclusive code Individual codes: njz – Nyishi tgj – Tagin |
Nishi (Nisi, Nishing), or East Dafla, is a Tibetan–Burman language of India. Tagin (West Dafla) may be a distinct language, as may Bangni.
Stuart Blackburn states that the 350 speakers of Mra have "always been, wrongly, subsumed under the administrative label of Tagin."[citation needed] It is not clear if Mra is therefore a distinct dialect of Nishi or a different language altogether.
References
- ↑ Nishi reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
Nyishi reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
Tagin reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
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