Digaro languages
| Digaro | |
|---|---|
| Northern Mishmi | |
| Geographic distribution: | Arunachal Pradesh |
| Linguistic classification: | possibly Sino-Tibetan or an independent family |
| Subdivisions: | |
| Glottolog: | mish1241[1] |
The Digaro (Digarish) or Northern Mishmi (Mishmic) languages are a small family of possibly Sino-Tibetan languages spoken by the Mishmi people of southeastern Tibet and Arunachal Pradesh.
The languages are Idu and Taraon (Digaro, Darang).
They are not related to the Southern Mishmi Midzu languages, apart from possibly being Sino-Tibetan. However, Blench and Post (2011) suggests that they may not even be Sino-Tibetan, but rather an independent language family of their own.
Names
Autonyms and exonyms for Digaro-speaking peoples, as well as Miju (Kaman), are given below (Jiang, et al. 2013:2-3).
| Taraon name | Kaman name | Idu name | Assamese name | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taraon people | da˧˩raŋ˥˧ | tɕi˧˩moŋ˧˥ | tɑ˧˩rɑŋ˧˥ | digaru; tɕi˧˩kɑ˥lu˥mi˧˩ɕi˥mi˧˩ |
| Kaman people | tɕɑu˥˧ | kɯ˧˩mɑn˧˥ | mi˧˩tɕu˥ | midzu |
| Idu people | dju˥; dju˥ta˧˩rɑŋ˥˧; dɑi˥˧ |
min˧˩dɑu˥; hu˥˧ |
i˥˧du˥ | ɕi˧˩ko˧˥tɑ˥mi˧˩ɕi˥mi˧˩ |
| Zha people 扎人 | tɕɑ˧˩kʰen˥ | tɕɑ˧˩kreŋ˧˥ | — | — |
| Tibetan people | lɑ˧˩mɑ˥; mei˥˧bom˥ |
dɯ˧˩luŋ˧˥; hɑi˧˥hɯl˥ |
ɑ˧˩mi˥˧; pu˥˧; mi˧˩si˥pu˥˧ |
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References
- Blench, Roger (2011) (De)classifying Arunachal languages: Reconstructing the evidence
- 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
- van Driem, George (2001) Languages of the Himalayas: An Ethnolinguistic Handbook of the Greater Himalayan Region. Brill.
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