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 to | India, China |
| Region | Arunachal |
| Ethnicity | Mishmi people |
Native speakers | 35,000 (2001 census)[1] |
Possibly Sino-Tibetan
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mhu |
| Glottolog | diga1241 |
| ELP | Digaro-Mishmi[2] |
Names
According to Jiang, et al. (2013:2), their autonym is tɑ31 rɑŋ53 or da31 raŋ53, and alternatively tɯŋ53 (Deng 登, 僜) in China. The Kaman (Miju) call them tɕi31 moŋ35, the Idu call them tɑ31 rɑŋ35, 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
- Digaro Mishmi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Endangered Languages Project data for Digaro-Mishmi.
- 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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