Adi language

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Adi
Abor
Lhoba
Native to India
Region Arunachal Pradesh, Assam
Ethnicity Adi people
Native speakers
unknown; 100,000 together with Bokar, Bori, Ramo (2000 census)[1]
Dialects
Padam
Shimong
Mising (Plains Miri)
Pasi
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.

Dialects

Adi has a number of dialects, including Padam, Minyong, Shimong, Mising (a.k.a. Plains Miri), and Pasi.

History of scholarship

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]

References

  1. Adi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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  4. Lorrain, J. H. (reprinted 1995). A dictionary of the Abor-Miri language. Mittal Publications.
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Further reading

  • 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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