Endangered Languages Project - Minyong

Minyong

^{[aka Padam-Minyong Adi]}

Classification: Sino-Tibetan

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vulnerable

ALSO KNOWN AS		Padam-Minyong Adi
CLASSIFICATION		Sino-Tibetan, Tani
CODE AUTHORITY		LINGUIST List
LANGUAGE CODE		adi-min
DOWNLOAD		As csv
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Ethnologue's Adi [adi] amalgamates several ethnolinguistically and linguistically distinct groups and thus subsumes several languages: Ethnologue listed varieties: Ashing, Bokar (Boga’er Luoba), Bori, Gallong (Galong), Karko, Komkar, Milang, Minyong, Padam, Pailibo, Pangi, Pasi, Ramo, Shimong, Tangam. Milang is definitely a separate language (possibly not a member of the Tani family). Bokar, Pailibo, Ramo and Padam also are all most likely separate languages. Bori, Minyong and Tangam also may be separate languages.

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Information from: “South Asia and the Middle East” (289-348 ch. 4) . George Van Driem (2007) , Christopher Mosely · London and NewYork: Routledge

Vulnerable

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

PLACES: India

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Arunachal Pradesh state, west bank of lower Siang river

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Approximately 20,000 speakers of Minyong occupy the swathe of territory along the west bank of the lower Siang river, downstream of the Bori and Karko language communities and to the east of the Gallongs.

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LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

28.2632, 95.0537

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Information from: “Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger” . Christopher Moseley (ed.) (2010) UNESCO Publishing