Mishing language

E166033

Mishing language is a Tani (Tibeto-Burman) language spoken by the Mishing people, primarily in the northeastern Indian state of Assam.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Mising language 4
Mishing language canonical 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Tani language
Tibeto-Burman language
language
alsoSpokenIn Arunachal Pradesh
alternativeName Miri (plains)
Mishing language
surface form: Mising language

Miri
surface form: Plains Miri
autonym Mishing people
surface form: Mising
belongsToBranch Tani branch of Tibeto-Burman
closelyRelatedTo Adi language
Minyong language
Padam language
contactLanguage Assamese language
country India
ethnicGroup Mishing people
family Tani
glottocode mish1243
glottologName Mising
hasDialects Dhemaji–Lakhimpur varieties
Imotung dialect
Pagro dialect
hasPhonologicalFeature tonal contrasts (limited)
influencedBy Assamese language
iso639-3 mrg
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages
surface form: Sino-Tibetan

Tibeto-Burman languages
surface form: Tibeto-Burman
languageOf Assam
surface form: Assam, India
neighboringLanguages Assamese
surface form: Assamese language
primaryState Assam
region Brahmaputra Valley
North bank of the Brahmaputra River
Northeast India
Upper Assam
script Bengali script
surface form: Assamese script

Latin script
spokenBy Mishing people
spokenIn Assam
India
spokenInDistrict Dhemaji district
Jorhat district
Lakhimpur district
status living language
subfamily Western Tani
typologicalFeature SOV word order
agglutinative morphology
usedFor daily communication among Mishing people
usedIn folk songs
oral literature
writingSystem Bengali script
surface form: Assamese alphabet

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mishing people primaryLanguage Mishing language
Tani languages hasMember Mishing language
this entity surface form: Mising language
Mishing language alternativeName Mishing language
this entity surface form: Mising language
Miri speaksLanguage Mishing language
this entity surface form: Mising language
Upper Assam hasLanguage Mishing language
this entity surface form: Mising language