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Apatani

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  • Population: 23,000 (1997).
  • Region: Assam; Arunachal Pradesh, Subansiri District, 7 villages in and around Hapoli and Zirol; Nagaland.
  • Alternatives: Apa
  • Dialects: It may be intelligible with Nisi.
  • Classification: Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, North Assam, Tani
  • Language use: Speakers also use Assamese, Hindi, or Nefamese.
  • Language development: Literacy rate in first language: below 1%. Literacy rate in second language: 6%; 11% Male, 1% Female (1997).
  • Comments: A Scheduled Tribe in India. Hills. 1,700 meters. Agriculturalists: wet rice; hunters. Traditional religion, Christian
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 May 6, 2009 ]
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