Miju language
| Kaman | |
|---|---|
| Geman | |
| Miju | |
| Pronunciation | [kɯ˧˩mɑn˧˥] |
| Region | Arunachal Pradesh, India |
| Ethnicity | Miju Mishmi |
Native speakers | 18,000 (2006)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
mxj |
| Glottolog |
miju1243[2] |
Kaman (Geman, Geman Deng), or Miju (Miju Mishmi, Midzu), is a small language of India and slightly into China. Long assumed to be a Sino-Tibetan language, it may actually be a language isolate.[3]
In China, the Miju are known are the Deng 僜人. The Deng number over 1,000 in Zayü County, Tibet, China, with 1,000 of the Deng having the autonym tɑ31 ruɑŋ53 (大让), and 130 having the autonym kɯ31 mɑn35 (格曼) (Gemanyu Yanjiu). They are also neighbors with the Idu or i53 du31 (义都) people.
In India, Miju is spoken in Hawai Circle and the Parsuram Kund area of Lohit District, Arunachal Pradesh (Boro 1978, Dasgupta 1977).
References
- ↑ Kaman at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Miju-Mishmi". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ Blench, Roger; Post, Mark (2011), (De)classifying Arunachal languages: Reconstructing the evidence (PDF)
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