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Smaller hamlets include Dishin , Devrik , Diyung , Nazang , Nanthalang, and Otung . Some Mijis have also live in Aka villages such as
Dijungania, Buragaon, Tulu, Sarkingonia, and Yayung.
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1128:"First notes on the phonology and classification of the Bangru language of India"
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I.M. Simon (1979:iii) lists the following Miji villages from the Census of 1971.
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233:. Long assumed to be Sino-Tibetan languages, Miji and the recently discovered
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A grammar of West Kameng
Sajolang (Miji) (Upper Dzang and Khellong villages)
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The Mijiic languages: distribution, dialects, wordlist and classification
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In all Miji varieties the "p" "t" and "k" sounds are always aspirated.
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1099:(De)classifying Arunachal languages: Reconstructing the evidence
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may instead form a small independent language family.
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Adrianus; Lieberherr, Ismael (2015).
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256:. Western Miji speakers refer to themselves as the
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1224:Endangered languages of India
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219:Sino-Tibetan languages
1163:Blench, Roger. 2015.
324:East Kameng District
318:West Kameng District
280:East Kameng District
254:West Kameng District
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227:East Kameng District
149:West Miji (Sajolang)
1180:Miji Language Guide
1178:Simon, I. M. 1979.
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1219:Languages of India
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364:11. Nachibun
349:6. Khazolang
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301:Distribution
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108:Sino-Tibetan
942:Monophthong
880:Approximant
340:3. Ditchik
334:1. Chalang
80:Miji people
1208:Categories
1077:Ethnologue
1059:References
383:Consonants
370:13. Rurang
367:12. Nizung
355:8. Laphozu
352:7. Khelong
307:Ethnologue
993:Close-mid
791:voiceless
786:fricative
668:voiceless
663:Fricative
592:voiceless
587:Affricate
496:voiceless
421:Retroflex
378:Phonology
361:10. Nakhu
358:9. Mathow
343:4. Dzang
337:2. Díbín
241:Varieties
179:Glottolog
163:ISO 639-3
106:possibly
76:Ethnicity
1010:Open-mid
944:phonemes
416:alveolar
409:Alveolar
262:sadʑalaŋ
258:Sajalang
211:Sajolang
199:Sajalong
186:saja1240
141:Dialects
34:Sajolang
1038:
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959:Central
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784:Lateral
491:Plosive
436:Glottal
426:Palatal
414:Palato-
266:Dhəmmai
215:Dhammai
117:Hrusish
110:, or a
39:Dhammai
1169:. m.s.
935:Vowels
847:Rhotic
819:voiced
726:voiced
630:voiced
544:voiced
404:Dental
399:Labial
295:Bangru
288:nəmrai
284:Nəmrai
270:ðəmmai
123:Mijiic
54:Region
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1050:Tones
971:Close
954:Front
443:Nasal
431:Velar
264:) or
70:China
62:India
48:India
1072:Miji
1034:Open
964:Back
229:and
213:and
207:Miji
128:Miji
64:and
29:Miji
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981:ə~ɨ
194:ELP
170:sjl
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