Endangered Languages Project - Miju-Mishmi

Miju-Mishmi

^{[aka Miju, Kaman, Mishmi]}

Classification: Sino-Tibetan

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threatened

ALSO KNOWN AS		Miju, Kaman, Mishmi, Miji, Geman Deng, Mījū Mishmi, Kaman Mishmi, Keman, 格曼語
CLASSIFICATION		Sino-Tibetan, Midzu
ORTHOGRAPHY		Latin script
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		mxj
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Blench & Post (2011) argue that Miju Mishmi may be a language isolate within Sino-Tibetan.

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Information from: “South Asia and the Middle East” (283-348) . George van Driem (2007) , Christopher Moseley · London & New York: Routledge

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~9,000
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: India; China

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: India: Arunachal Pradesh, Lohit; China: Tibet

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
18,200
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2006

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
Scripts (Writing system): Latin script

PLACES: India; China

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: India: Arunachal Pradesh, Lohit District, 25 villages, high altitudes of east, upper Lohit and Dau valleys, area east of Haguliang, Billong, and Tilai valleys; Assam; China: southeast corner of Tibet Autonomous Region

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
15,000-20,000
Native speakers worldwide

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Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press