The Tani languages are a group of closely related languages spoken by the Tani people of northeastern India, primarily in Arunachal Pradesh and Assam. They belong to the Sino-Tibetan family and include major varieties such as Mising, Galo, Apatani, Adi, Tagin, and Nyishi.
Facts
RegionArunachal Pradesh and Assam 2 Speaker Count Proto-Language StatusProto-Tani partially reconstructed (Sun 1993) 2 Browse and compare
Classification Confidence Reconstructed Ancestor Compare
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Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Sources
1. Glottolog: Tani (languoid record)
GlottologLanguoid record: child_language_count
"child_language_count": 10
Languoid record: level and category
"level": "family", "bookkeeping": false, "category": "Family"
View the Source 2. Tani languages (Wikipedia)
Infobox, Geographic distribution
Arunachal Pradesh and Assam
Demographics
The Tani languages are spoken by about 2,170,500 people of Arunachal Pradesh
Proto-Tani
Proto-Tani was partially reconstructed by Sun (1993). A large number of reconstructed roots have cognates in other Sino-Tibetan languages.
Article text
Proto-Tani was partially reconstructed by Sun (1993)
View the SourceWikidata: Tani languages
Wikidata Q3217538, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
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