Milang language explained

Milang
Also Known As:Holon, Dalbo
Region:Arunachal Pradesh
Speakers:2,150
Date:2011
Ref:[1]
Familycolor:Sino-Tibetan
Fam1:Possibly Sino-Tibetan
Fam2:Greater Siangic?
Fam3:Siangic
Iso3:none
Glotto:mila1245
Glottorefname:Milang
Ethnicity:4,000
States:India

Milang is a Siangic or Tani language of Upper Siang district, Arunachal Pradesh, India. It is spoken in the 3 villages of Milang (Milang: Holon), Dalbing, and Pekimodi (Milang: Moobuk Ade), located in Mariyang Subdivision, Upper Siang District, Arunachal Pradesh (Tayeng 1976).

Classification

Milang has traditionally been classified as the most divergent of the Tani languages, hence ultimately Sino-Tibetan. Post & Blench (2011) reclassified it as Siangic, on the basis of clear correspondences with the Koro language in vocabulary that may not ultimately be of Sino-Tibetan origin. The implication is that Milang may, like other Siangic languages, harbour a non-Sino-Tibetan substrate, or may be a non-Sino-Tibetan language with Sino-Tibetan features acquired through prolonged contact, perhaps with the neighbouring and much larger Padam tribe, who speak an Eastern Tani language.

References

External links

  1. Post . Mark W. . Modi . Yankee . Language contact and the genetic position of Milang (Eastern Himalaya) . 2011. Anthropological Linguistics 53.3: 215-258..