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Adi
Abor
Lhoba
Native toIndia
RegionArunachal Pradesh, Assam
EthnicityAdi people
Native speakers
unknown; 100,000 together with Bokar, Bori, Ramo (2000 census)[1]
Dialects
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3adi
Glottologmisi1242  Mising–Padam–Miri
damu1236  confused with Damu

Adi is a major tribal group in Arunachal Pradesh inhabiting about seven Districts like East Siang, West Siang, Upper Siang, Lower Dibang Valley, Namsai, Siang and some part of Lohit district. Adi dialect is mainly tonal, spoken by sub-groups like Minyong, Pasi, Simong, Padam, Milang, Bokar, Bori, Panggi, Karko etc. Parts of Assam, the Mishing speaks the same language with little dialectical variation. The Adi language is one of the most spoken languages of Arunachal Pradesh. Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page). in 1906 with the help of Mupak Mili and Atsong Pertin, considered the fathers of the Adi language or Adi script.[clarification needed][2] There are two types of scripts used, Latin script and Tibetan script, which is used in China <ref> [http://www.endangeredlanguages.com/lang/adi#sources_popup_wrapper/ref>

References

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  1. ^ Adi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ [1]

Further reading

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  • Lalrempuii, C. (2011). "Morphology of the Adi language of Arunachal Pradesh" (Doctoral dissertation).
  • Nyori, T. (1988). Origin of the name'Abor'/'Adi'. In Proceedings of North East India History Association (Vol. 9, p. 95). The Association.
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Category:Languages of Assam Category:Languages of Arunachal Pradesh Category:Tani languages Category:Endangered languages of India