Adi language
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| Adi | |
|---|---|
| Abor | |
| Lhoba | |
| Native to | India |
| Region | Arunachal Pradesh, Assam |
| Ethnicity | Adi people |
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Native speakers
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unknown; 100,000 together with Bokar, Bori, Ramo (2000 census)[1] |
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Sino-Tibetan
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| Dialects | |
| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | adi |
| Glottolog | misi1242 Mising–Padam–Miri[2]damu1236 confused with Damu[3] |
Adi, also known as Abor (Abhor, Abor-Miri) and Lhoba (Lho-Pa, Luoba), is a Sino-Tibetan language of the Tani family spoken in Arunachal Pradesh, India.
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Dialects[edit]
Adi has a number of dialects, including Padam, Minyong, Shimong, Mising (a.k.a. Plains Miri), and Pasi.
History of scholarship[edit]
Adi literature has been developed by Christian missionaries since 1900. The missionaries, J. H. Lorrain and F. W. Savidge, published an Abor-Miri Dictionary[4] in 1906 with the help of Mupak Mili and Atsong Pertin, considered the fathers of the Adi language or Adi script.[clarification needed][5]
Education[edit]
Adi language is taught in schools of areas dominated by Adi communities as a third language.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ Adi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Mising–Padam–Miri". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Damu". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ^ Lorrain, J. H. (reprinted 1995). A dictionary of the Abor-Miri language. Mittal Publications.
- ^ [1]
- ^ Arunachal to Preserve ‘Dying’ Local Dialects - North East Today
Further reading[edit]
- 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.
External links[edit]
- A short BBC documentary composed of nineteen clips on the life, language, and culture of the Adi.[2]
- Mark Post, A documentation of the Upper Belt variety of Minyong (Adi), Arunachal Pradesh, North East India. Endangered Languages Archive.
- Adi Audio Sample at the Endangered Languages Project
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