Mishing language
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| Mishing | |
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| Geographic distribution: |
Assam |
| Genetic classification: |
Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Tani Padam Mishing |
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Mishing (Mising) is Tibetan-Burman language spoken by the Mishing people. There are almost 400,000[1] speakers of the language. It is also known as Plains Miri or Takam.
The speakers of the language inhabit mostly North Lakhimpur, Sonitpur, Dhemaji, Dibrugarh, Sibsagar, Jorhat, Golaghat, Tinsukia districts of Assam.
(Note: the Hill Miri of Arunachal Pradesh speak a different Tani language, of the related Nishi cluster.)
The premier literary body of Mising language is know as 'Mising Agom Kébang'.
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