Arunachal languages are various languages in
Arunachal Pradesh
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,
India
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traditionally classified as
Sino-Tibetan languages
Sino-Tibetan (also referred to as Trans-Himalayan) is a family of more than 400 languages, second only to Indo-European in number of native speakers. Around 1.4 billion people speak a Sino-Tibetan language. The vast majority of these are the 1.3 ...
, but that may be
language isolate
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s and independent
language families
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according to some scholars. Blench (2011) proposed four language isolates (
Hruso,
Miji,
Miju, and
Puroik) and three independent families (
Mishmic,
Kamengic, and
Siangic).
[Blench, Roger. 2011]
''(De)classifying Arunachal languages: Reconsidering the evidence''
However, this is disputed by Anderson (2014)
[Anderson, Gregory D.S. 2014. ''On the classification of the Hruso (Aka) language''. Paper presented at the 20th Himalayan Languages Symposium, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.] and others, who consider them to be primary branches of
Sino-Tibetan
Sino-Tibetan (also referred to as Trans-Himalayan) is a family of more than 400 languages, second only to Indo-European in number of native speakers. Around 1.4 billion people speak a Sino-Tibetan language. The vast majority of these are the 1.3 ...
rather than as isolates or independent language phyla.
Arunachal families
*Arunachal
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Hrusish languages
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Hruso
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Miji languages:
[Blench, Roger. 2015]
''The Mijiic languages: distribution, dialects, wordlist and classification''
m.s. Bangru, Eastern Miji, Western Miji
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Kho-Bwa languages
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Puroik: diverse dialects
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Bugun
***Western Kho-Bwa
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Sherdukpen,
Sartang
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Chug (Duhumbi),
Lish (Khispi)
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Siangic languages
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Koro
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Milang
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Miju languages
The Miju (Midžu, Miju, Mijhu), Kaman–Meyor, Midžuish, Southern Mishmi, or Geman languages are a small proposed family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken by the Kaman (Miju Mishmi) people of southeastern Tibet and Arunachal Pradesh. The languag ...
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Miju (Kman)
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Meyor (Zakhring)
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Digaro languages
The Digaro (Digarish), Northern Mishmi (Mishmic), or Kera'a–Tawrã languages are a possible small family of possibly Sino-Tibetan languages spoken by the Mishmi people of southeastern Tibet and Arunachal Pradesh.
The languages are Idu language ...
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Idu
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Taraon
See also
*
Mishmi languages The Mishmi languages consist of a few Sino-Tibetan languages spoken by the Mishmi people of Tibet, China and Arunachal Pradesh, India. They do not belong to a single branch or genetic grouping, but are rather a cultural grouping of various Sino-Tib ...
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Songlin language
References
Languages of India
Sino-Tibetan languages
Proposed language families
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