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Mijiic
Ethnicity Miji people
Geographic
distribution		 Arunachal Pradesh, India and Shannan Prefecture, China
Linguistic classification Sino-Tibetan?
Subdivisions
Glottolog miji1239

Mijiic is a small language family of Arunachal Pradesh in northeastern India, consisting of the erstwhile possible language isolate (dialect cluster) Miji and the recently discovered Bangru language. The two languages are clearly related, though "the very different consonant inventories makes seeking regular correspondences difficult." [1] The Bangru and Miji are geographically separated and are not clearly aware of their linguistic relationship, though there is some evidence for contact between East Miji and Bangru in the past. They are commonly included in the Sino-Tibetan language family, but the evidence is weak. [2] [1]

Numerals

The basic numerals correspond. [1]

Numeral West Miji
(Sajolang)		 East Miji
(Namrai)		 Bangru
one ùŋ uŋ akə
two ɡnì krn kəraj
three ɡə̀tʰə́n ktʰm kətajŋ
four bə̀lí plaj purwaj
five buŋə pŋu puŋu
six rɛ́ʔ raʔm rɛʔ
seven miaʔ miaʔ moj
eight sɨɡeʔ ʃəɡəʔ səɡaj
nine stʰə̌ŋ ʃətʰən sətəŋ
ten lɨ̀n lɨn rəŋ

References

  1. ^ a b c Roger Blench (2023) What is the evidence that the isolate languages of Arunachal Pradesh are genuinely Trans-Himalayan?
  2. ^ Blench, Roger; Post, Mark (2011), (De)classifying Arunachal languages: Reconstructing the evidence (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-05-26

Further reading

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