Digaro Mishmi language

Digaro, also Taraon, Tawra, or Darang, is a Digarish language of northeastern Arunachal Pradesh, India and Zayü County, Tibet, China.

Digaro Mishmi
Tawra
Taraon
Native toIndia, China
RegionArunachal
EthnicityMishmi people
Native speakers
35,000 (2001 census)[1]
Possibly Sino-Tibetan
Language codes
ISO 639-3mhu
Glottologdiga1241[2]

Names

According to Jiang, et al. (2013:2), their autonym is tɑ˧˩rɑŋ˥˧ or da˧˩raŋ˥˧, and alternatively tɯŋ˥˧ (Deng 登, 僜) in China. The Kaman (Miju) call them tɕi˧˩moŋ˧˥, the Idu call them tɑ˧˩rɑŋ˧˥, and the Assamese call them Digaro Mishmi.

Distribution

India

In Arunachal Pradesh, India, Digaro Mishmi is spoken in Hayuliang, Changlagam, and Goiliang circles in Lohit district (Ethnologue). It is also spoken in Dibang Valley district and Assam.

China

Jiang, et al. (2013:2) reports that in Zayü County, Tibet, Taraon is spoken in the following villages.

  • E River watershed 额河流域
    • Jiyu village 吉玉村 (alternatively named Juyu 巨玉)
    • Ciba village 次巴村
    • Rusu village 如苏村
    • Demen village 德门村
    • Zigeng village 自更村
    • Xiani village 下尼村
    • Ba'antong 巴安通
    • Xin village 新村
  • Sang'ang River watershed 桑昂河流域
    • Gayao village 嘎尧村
  • Chayu River watershed 察隅河流域
    • Dongchong 洞冲, Lower Chayu town 下察隅镇

References
  1. Digaro Mishmi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Tawra". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  • Jiang Huo [江获], Li Daqin [李大勤], Sun Hongkai [孙宏开]. 2013. A study of Taraon [达让语研究]. Beijing: Ethnic Publishing House [民族出版社]. ISBN 9787105129324

Further reading
  • Blench, Roger. 2017. A dictionary of Tawrã, a language of Arunachal Pradesh.
  • Chakravarty, L. N. (1963). A Dictionary of the Taraon Language. NEFA.
  • Pulu, Jatan (1991). A Phrase Book on Taraon Language. Arunachal Pradesh government.
  • Sastry, Garimella and Devi Prasada (1984). Mishmi Grammar. CIIL.
  • Sastry, Garimella and Devi Prasada (1991). Mishmi-English-Hindi Dictionary. CIIL.
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