Arunachal languages

Arunachal
(geographic / cultural)
Geographic
distribution		Arunachal Pradesh
Linguistic classificationSino-Tibetan? or an independent family
  • Arunachal
Subdivisions
Language codes
GlottologNone

Arunachal languages are various languages in Arunachal Pradesh, India traditionally classified as Sino-Tibetan languages, but that may be language isolates and independent language families according to some scholars. Blench (2011) proposed four language isolates (Hruso, Miji, Miju, and Puroik) and three independent families (Mishmic, Kamengic, and Siangic).[1] However, this is disputed by Anderson (2014)[2] and others, who consider them to be primary branches of Sino-Tibetan rather than as isolates or independent language phyla.

  1. ^ Blench, Roger. 2011. (De)classifying Arunachal languages: Reconsidering the evidence. Archived 2013-05-26 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Anderson, Gregory D.S. 2014. On the classification of the Hruso (Aka) language. Paper presented at the 20th Himalayan Languages Symposium, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.