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| Adi | |
|---|---|
| Lhoba | |
| Native to | India, China (threatened) |
| Region | Arunachal Pradesh, Assam |
Native speakers | (Roughly 3,912 cited 1999)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | adi |
Adi is a Sino-Tibetan language of both India and China, spoken by the Adi people. There are approximately 3,912 speakers of Adi, and the status of this language is both threatened and shifting. Speakers of Adi live in the Himalayas in the far North East of India in the Arunachal Pradesh region. The languages Assamese, Hindi, and Nepali are also used by Adi speakers.
General information
[edit]Adi (ISO 639-3: adi) is also known as Lho-Pa, Abhor, Abor, Boga'er Luoba, Luoba, Lhoba, Boga'er, Bengni-Boga'er, Bokar, Adi-Bokar, Na Bengni, Bengni, Miri, Abor-Miri, and Miśing. It has quite a few dialects including but not limited to Ashing, Gallong, Shimong, Padam, and Karko. In 2014, the British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC, created a short documentary composed of nineteen clips on the life, language, and culture of the Adi. [1]
Genetic Affiliation
[edit]Adi is suggested to have originated from the southern regions of Tibet. The language itself belongs to the North-Assam branch of the Tibeto-Burman sub-linguistic family.[2]
Writing system
[edit]Adi is a language that is written in Latin script, with Tibetan script being used in China. [2]
History of scholarship
[edit]Adi literature was mostly contributed to by Christian Missionaries since 1900. According to the history of Adi literature, two missionaries by the names Rev. J. H Lorrain and FW Savidge released the the Abor Miri Dictionary on February 1, 1906. They were able to write this book along with a second book with the help of both Mr. Mupak Mili and Mr. Atsong Pertin, whom are often referred to as the fathers of the Adi language or Adi script. [3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Adi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Dasgupta, R. 2013 “Advances in Growth Curve Models: Topics from the Indian Statistical Institute.” In: Springer 204-5.
Further reading
[edit]- Bielmeier, R., & Haller, F. (Eds.). (2007). Linguistics of the Himalayas and Beyond (Vol. 196). Walter de Gruyter.
- Chowdhury, J. N. (1971). A comparative study of Adi religion. Shillong: North-East Frontier Agency.
- Dryer, M. S. (2008). WORD ORDER IN TIBETO-BURMAN LANGUAGES. Linguistics Of The Tibeto-Burman Area, 31(1), 1-84
- Krithika, S., Maji, S., & Vasulu, T. S. (2008). A microsatellite guided insight into the genetic status of Adi, an isolated hunting-gathering tribe of Northeast India. PloS one, 3(7), e2549.
- Lalrempuii, C. (2011). Morphology of the Adi language of Arunachal Pradesh (Doctoral dissertation).
- Lorrain, J. H. (1995). A dictionary of the Abor-Miri language. Mittal Publications.
- Matisoff, J. A., Baron, S. P., & Lowe, J. B. (1996). Languages and dialects of Tibeto-Burman. University of Calif.
- Mibang, T. (2011). Adi society in Pre-Independence period.
- Mibang, T. (1994). Social Change in Arunachal Pradesh: The Minyongs, 1947-1981. Omsons Publication.
- Modi, M. (2007). The Millangs. Himalayan Publishers.
- Nath, J. (2000). The cultural heritage of a tribal society (Vol. 1). Omsons Publications.
- Nyori, T. (1993). History & culture of the Adis. Omsons Publications.
- Nyori, T. (1988). Origin of the name'Abor'/'Adi'. In Proceedings of North East India History Association (Vol. 9, p. 95). The Association.
- Post, M. (2010). Endangered Languages Archive. http://elar.soas.ac.uk/deposit/0238
- Post, M. (2012). Language contact and the genetic position of Milang (eastern Himalaya). Anthropological Linguistics, 53(3), 215-258
- Pragya, K. (N/A). Syllable Structure of Adi: An Account of Prosodic Theory. http://www.academia.edu/3323373/Syllable_Structure_of_Adi_An_Account_of_Prosodic_Theory
- Sun, J. T. S. (2003). Tani languages. The Sino-Tibetan Languages, 456-66.
- Sun, J. T. (1993). The Linguistic Position of Tani (Mirish) in Tibeto-Burman: A Lexical Assessment. Linguistics Of The Tibeto-Burman Area, 16(2), 143-188
- Upreti, T. C., Jamir, S. E. N. T. I. K. E. M. B. A., Sarkar, J. H. A. R. N. A., & Sundriyal, R. C. (1999). Village ecosystem functioning of an Adi tribal area in Arunachal Pradesh. Perspectives for planning and development in north east India (eds. RC Sundriyal, Uma Shankar and TC Upreti), 257-265.
- Van Driem, G. (2001). Languages of the Himalayas: an ethnolinguistic handbook of the greater Himalayan region (Vol. 10). Brill.
External links
[edit]- Adi Audio Sample at the Endangered Languages Project
- Adi at the Endangered Languages Project
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