Miji is a dialect cluster of northeastern India, traditionally classified as Sino-Tibetan but proposed by some linguists to form a small independent family alongside the more divergent Bangru language, within a possible Mijiic or Hrusish grouping whose exact position remains uncertain. It comprises two main varieties, Western Miji, spoken by the Sajolang or Dhemmai, and Eastern Miji, spoken by the Nemrai, which share only about half their vocabulary; speakers, numbering around 28,000 as of 2007, live in the West Kameng and East Kameng districts of Arunachal Pradesh and in Shannan Prefecture, China.
Facts
Disputed
Proto-Language Statusuncertain; possibly independent of Sino-Tibetan 1 affiliation and ancestral grouping disputed; may form an independent family rather than descend from Proto-Sino-Tibetan RegionArunachal Pradesh, India and Shannan Prefecture, China 1 Speaker Count Connections
Descends From
Miji (Sulung) is most often grouped with Hruso (Aka) as the small Hrusish branch, itself of uncertain, disputed placement within Sino-Tibetan; linked here to the more specific Hrusish grouping rather than the broader, disputed Sino-Tibetan ancestor.
Sources
1. Miji languages - Wikipedia
Infobox, region
Arunachal Pradesh, India and Shannan Prefecture, China
Infobox, speakers
28,000 (2007)
Wikipedia, Introduction
Miji and the recently discovered Bangru language may instead form a small independent language family
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