Adi language
| Adi | |
|---|---|
| Abor | |
| Lhoba | |
| Native to | India |
| Region | Arunachal Pradesh, Assam |
| Ethnicity | Adi people |
Native speakers | unknown; 100,000 together with Bokar, Bori, Ramo (2000 census)[1] |
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Sino-Tibetan
| |
| Dialects |
Padam
Shimong
Mising (Plains Miri)
Pasi
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| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
adi |
| Glottolog |
misi1242 (Mising–Padam–Miri)[2]damu1236 (confused with Damu)[3] |
Adi, also known as Abor (Abhor, Abor-Miri) and Lhoba (Lho-Pa, Luoba), is a Sino-Tibetan language of the Tani family spoken in Arunachal Pradesh, India.
Dialects
Adi has a number of dialects, including Padam, Minyong, Shimong, Mising (a.k.a. Plains Miri), and Pasi.
History of scholarship
Adi literature has been developed by Christian missionaries since 1900. The missionaries, J. H. Lorrain and F. W. Savidge, published an Abor Miri Dictionary[4] in 1906 with the help of Mupak Mili and Atsong Pertin, considered the fathers of the Adi language or Adi script.[5]
References
- ↑ Adi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Mising–Padam–Miri". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Damu". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ Lorrain, J. H. (reprinted 1995). A dictionary of the Abor-Miri language. Mittal Publications.
- ↑
Further reading
- Lalrempuii, C. (2011). "Morphology of the Adi language of Arunachal Pradesh" (Doctoral dissertation).
- Nyori, T. (1988). Origin of the name'Abor'/'Adi'. In Proceedings of North East India History Association (Vol. 9, p. 95). The Association.
External links
- A short BBC documentary composed of nineteen clips on the life, language, and culture of the Adi.
- Mark Post, A documentation of the Upper Belt variety of Minyong (Adi), Arunachal Pradesh, North East India. Endangered Languages Archive.
- Adi Audio Sample at the Endangered Languages Project
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