Mising

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A language of India

ISO 639-3

mrg

Alternate Names

Miching, Miri, Mishing, Missing, Takam

Autonym

Mising

User 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 Maps

India, Map 5

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.