Mising language

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Sino-Tibetan language spoken in India

title: "Mising language" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["tani-languages", "languages-of-assam", "endangered-languages-of-india", "languages-of-arunachal-pradesh", "vulnerable-languages", "definitely-endangered-languages", "endangered-sino-tibetan-languages"] description: "Sino-Tibetan language spoken in India" topic_path: "linguistics" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mising_language" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Sino-Tibetan language spoken in India ::

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Field	Value
name	Mising
nativename	Plains Miri
altname	Mising–Padam–Minyong
region	Assam
ethnicity	Mising, Padam, Minyong
speakers	629,954
date	2011
ref	e18
familycolor	Sino-Tibetan
fam2	Tani
fam3	East Tani (Adi)
dia1	Padam
dia2	Minyong
dia3	Mising (Plains Miri)
iso3	mrg
glotto	misi1242
glottorefname	Mising-Padam-Miri-Minyong
states	India
map	Lang Status 60-DE.svg
mapcaption
map2	Lang Status 80-VU.svg
mapcaption2
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Mising is a Tani language spoken by the Mising people. There are 629,954 speakers (as per Census of India, 2011), who inhabit mostly in the Dhemaji district, Lakhimpur, Sonitpur, Dibrugarh, Sibsagar, Jorhat, Majuli, Golaghat, Tinsukia districts of Assam and also some parts of Arunachal Pradesh. The primary literary body of Mising is known as 'Mising Agom Kébang (Mising Language Society)'.

The Mising, Padam and Minyong speak dialects of the same language.

One year recognition by the Sahitya Akademi {{anchor|Recognition by the Sahitya Akademi}}

Main article: Sahitya Akademi Award#Bhasha Samman

For the year 2011, for the first time, Sahitya Akademi, India's highest literary body, recognised Mising eligible for receiving one of the six Bhasha Samman awards, for the category of the non-recognised languages, "that have developed sufficiently to merit the award".

Phonology

Consonants

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Vowels

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Front	Central	Back
i iː	ɨ ɨː	u uː
ɛ ɛː	ɜ ɜː	ɔ ɔː
	a aː
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Geographical distribution

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Ethnologue gives the following locations for Mising speakers. The Hill Miri live in Arunachal Pradesh, while the Plains Miri live in Assam.

Assam: North Lakhimpur, Sonitpur, Dhemaji, Dibrugarh, Sibsagar, Jorhat, Majuli,Charaideu,Bishwanath,Golaghat, and Tinsukia districts
Arunachal Pradesh
- Districts of East Siang, Lower Dibang valley and Lohit. Also on both sides of Kamla river in Ziro subdivision, Lower Subansiri district
- Daporizo subdivision, Upper Subansiri district

References

"Mising in language award list - Sahitya Akademi to recognise contribution from community for first time".
"Mising in language award list - Sahitya Akademi to recognise contribution from community for first time".
Doley, Basanta K.. "A Sociolinguistic Profile of the Mising Language".

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