Mijiic
EthnicityMiji people
Geographic
distribution
Arunachal Pradesh, India and Shannan Prefecture, China
Linguistic classificationSino-Tibetan?
Subdivisions
Glottologmiji1239

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]

NumeralWest Miji
(Sajolang)
East Miji
(Namrai)
Bangru
one ùŋakə
two ɡnìkrnkəraj
three ɡə̀tʰə́nktʰmkətajŋ
four bə̀líplajpurwaj
five buŋəpŋupuŋu
six rɛ́ʔraʔmrɛʔ
seven miaʔmiaʔmoj
eight sɨɡeʔʃəɡəʔsəɡaj
nine stʰə̌ŋʃətʰənsətəŋ
ten lɨ̀nlɨnrəŋ

References

  1. 1 2 3 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

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