Siang district
| Siang district | |
|---|---|
| District of Arunachal Pradesh | |
| Country | India |
| State | Arunachal Pradesh |
| Headquarters | Pangin |
Siang District is the 19th newly created district of the state Arunachal Pradesh.[1] Pangin is the temporary headquarters of the district. The district is being formed by taken the small part of East Siang & West Siang.
Geography
The district headquarters are located at Pangin.
Languages
Siang District is purely Adi people residing inside it. Languages spoken include Adi, a Sino-Tibetan tongue with approximately 140 000 speakers, written in both the Tibetan and Latin scripts.[2]
References
- ↑ "Tension over district headquarters simmers at Pangin-Boleng". The Arunchal Times. 2 December 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
- ↑ M. Paul Lewis, ed. (2009). "Adi: A language of India". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (16th edition ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
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