Mijiic is a small language family of Arunachal Pradesh in northeastern India, consisting of the erstwhile possible language isolate (dialect cluster) Miji and the recently discovered Bangru language. The two languages are clearly related, though "the very different consonant inventories makes seeking regular correspondences difficult."[1] The Bangru and Miji are geographically separated and are not clearly aware of their linguistic relationship, though there is some evidence for contact between East Miji and Bangru in the past. They are commonly included in the Sino-Tibetan language family, but the evidence is weak.[2][1]
Numerals
The basic numerals correspond.[1]
| Numeral | West Miji (Sajolang) |
East Miji (Namrai) |
Bangru |
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| one | ùŋ | uŋ | akə |
| two | ɡnì | krn | kəraj |
| three | ɡə̀tʰə́n | ktʰm | kətajŋ |
| four | bə̀lí | plaj | purwaj |
| five | buŋə | pŋu | puŋu |
| six | rɛ́ʔ | raʔm | rɛʔ |
| seven | miaʔ | miaʔ | moj |
| eight | sɨɡeʔ | ʃəɡəʔ | səɡaj |
| nine | stʰə̌ŋ | ʃətʰən | sətəŋ |
| ten | lɨ̀n | lɨn | rəŋ |
References
- ^ a b c Roger Blench (2023) What is the evidence that the isolate languages of Arunachal Pradesh are genuinely Trans-Himalayan?
- ^ Blench, Roger; Post, Mark (2011), (De)classifying Arunachal languages: Reconstructing the evidence (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-05-26
Further reading
- Blench, Roger. 2015. The Mijiic languages: distribution, dialects, wordlist and classification. m.s.
Sino-Tibetan branches | |||||
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| Western Himalayas (Himachal, Uttarakhand, Nepal, Sikkim) |
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| Eastern Himalayas (Tibet, Bhutan, Arunachal) | |||||
| Myanmar and Indo-Burmese border |
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| East and Southeast Asia |
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| Dubious (possible isolates) (Arunachal) |
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| Proposed groupings | |||||
| Proto-languages | |||||
Italics indicates single languages that are also considered to be separate branches. | |||||