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Adi

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  • Population: 110,000 in India (1997 BSI). Population includes 1,200 Palibo. Population total all countries: 111,088.
  • Region: Arunachal Pradesh, East, West, and Upper Siang districts, Upper Subansiri and Dibang Valley districts; Assam, north hills of Assam Valley, between Bhutan and the Buruli River. Also spoken in China.
  • Alternatives: Abhor, Abor, Boga'er Luoba, Lhoba, Luoba
  • Dialects: Ashing, Bokar (Boga'er Luoba), Bori, Karko, Komkar, Milang, Minyong, Padam (Standard Adi), Pailibo, Pangi, Pasi, Ramo, Shimong, Tangam. Sun (1993) lists Tani languages and dialects as Apatani, Milang, Bokar, Damu, Mising, Padam, Bangni, Tagin, Sagli, south Aya, Leli, and perhaps Pailibo, Ramo, Asing, Bori, Pasi, Panggi, Simong, Minyong, Karok, Hill Miri, and some northern and western dialects of Nisi. Intelligible with Adi Galo but they are sociolinguistically distinct. A different language from Yidu Lhoba.
  • Classification: Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, North Assam, Tani
  • Language use: Speakers also use Assamese, Hindi, or Nepali.
  • Language development: Roman script; Tibetan script in China. Grammar. NT: 1988.
Sources:
 • Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.), 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Fifteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com/.
See also:
 • Languages
[ Entry added by Divyalina Bhuyan on April 30, 2009 ]
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