Mirish languages
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The Mirish languages are a group of Tibeto-Burman languages spoken primarily in Arunachal Pradesh and neighboring regions of Northeast India, commonly referred to in linguistics as the Tani languages.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Tani languages
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Tibeto-Burman languages ⓘ language family ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Tani languages ⓘ |
| feature |
complex case-marking system
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rich verbal morphology ⓘ tone or pitch-accent in several member languages ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
adjacent areas of Assam
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border areas with Tibet ⓘ primarily Arunachal Pradesh ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Abor-Miri-Dafla languages (older terminology)
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Mirish branch of Tibeto-Burman ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Adi language
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Apatani language NERFINISHED ⓘ Bangni language NERFINISHED ⓘ Bokar language ⓘ Galo language NERFINISHED ⓘ Hill Miri language ⓘ Milang language NERFINISHED ⓘ Mising language ⓘ Nishi language NERFINISHED ⓘ Nyishi language NERFINISHED ⓘ Pailibo language NERFINISHED ⓘ Ramo language NERFINISHED ⓘ Sulung language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tagin language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tangam language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linguisticClassification | Tibeto-Burman branch of Sino-Tibetan ⓘ |
| region |
Eastern Himalayas
NERFINISHED
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Sub-Himalayan Northeast India ⓘ |
| researchField | Tibeto-Burman linguistics ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Arunachal Pradesh
NERFINISHED
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Assam NERFINISHED ⓘ India ⓘ Northeast India NERFINISHED ⓘ Tibet region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | mostly minority languages ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Sino-Tibetan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typology |
agglutinative morphology
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mostly SOV word order ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Adi people
NERFINISHED
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Apatani people NERFINISHED ⓘ Galo people NERFINISHED ⓘ Mising people NERFINISHED ⓘ Nyishi people NERFINISHED ⓘ Tagin people NERFINISHED ⓘ Tani peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Devanagari script (for some languages)
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Latin script (for some languages, in recent orthographies) ⓘ |
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