Digaro Mishmi language
| Digaro Mishmi | |
|---|---|
| Taraon | |
| Native to | India, China |
| Region | Arunachal |
| Ethnicity | Mishmi people |
Native speakers | 35,000 (2001 census)[1] |
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Possibly Sino-Tibetan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
mhu |
| Glottolog |
diga1241[2] |
Digaro, also Taraon or Darang, is a Digarish language of northeastern Arunachal Pradesh, India and Zayü County, Tibet, China.
Names
According to Jiang, et al. (2013:2), their autonym is tɑ˧˩rɑŋ˥˧ or da˧˩raŋ˥˧, and alternatively tɯŋ˥˧ (Deng 登, 僜) in China. The Kaman (Miju) call them tɕi˧˩moŋ˧˥, the Idu call them tɑ˧˩rɑŋ˧˥, and the Assamese call them tɕi˧˩kɑ˥lu˥mi˧˩ɕi˥mi˧˩.
Distribution
Jiang, et al. (2013:2) reports that in Zayü County, Tibet, Taraon is spoken in in the following villages.
- E River watershed 额河流域
- Jiyu 吉玉村 (alternatively named Juyu 巨玉)
- Ciba village 次巴村
- Rusu village 如苏村
- Demen village 德门村
- Zigeng village 自更村
- Xiani village 下尼村
- Ba'antong 巴安通
- Xin village 新村
- Sang'ang River watershed 桑昂河流域
- Gayao village 嘎尧村
- Chayu River watershed 察隅河流域
- Dongchong 洞冲, Lower Chayu town 下察隅镇
References
- ↑ Digaro Mishmi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Digaro-Mishmi". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- Jiang Huo [江获], Li Daqin [李大勤], Sun Hongkai [孙宏开]. 2013. A study of Taraon [达让语研]. Beijing: Ethnic Publishing House [民族出版社]. ISBN 9787105129324
Further reading
- Chakravarty, L. N. (1963). A Dictionary of the Taraon Language. NEFA.
- Pulu, Jatan (1991). A Phrase Book on Taraon Language. Arunachal Pradesh government.
- Sastry, Garimella and Devi Prasada (1984). Mishmi Grammar. CIIL.
- Sastry, Garimella and Devi Prasada (1991). Mishmi-English-Hindi Dictionary. CIIL.
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