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MRG ISO 639-3

Mising

Mising Autonym

A language of India

ISO 639
mrg
Alternate Names
Miching, Miri, Mishing, Missing, Takam
Autonym
Mising
Population
630,000 (2011 census).
Location:
Arunachal Pradesh state: Lower Subansiri district, Ziro subdistrict, villages near Pasighat, both sides of Kamla river; Upper Subansiri district, Daporizo sub-district; Assam state: Dhemaji, Dibrugarh, Golaghat, Jorhat, North Lakhimpur, Sibsagar, Sonitput, and Tinsukia districts.
Language Status
5* (Developing).
Classification
Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Central Tibeto-Burman, Tani
Dialects
Adi [adi] may be a dialect (2021 T. Patir).
Language Use
Also use Assamese [asm].
Language Development
Literacy rate in L2: 53% for Arunachal, 60 % for Assam (2001 census). Radio. Grammar. NT: 2001.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Mising
Writing
Bengali (Bangla) script [Beng]. Devanagari script [Deva]. Latin script [Latn].
Other Comments
Hindu, traditional religion.

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Location: Arunachal Pradesh state: Lower Subansiri district, Ziro subdistrict, villages near Pasighat, both sides of Kamla river; Upper Subansiri district, Daporizo sub-district; Assam state: Dhemaji, Dibrugarh, Golaghat, Jorhat, North Lakhimpur, Sibsagar, Sonitput, and Tinsukia districts.