Mising | |
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Mising–Padam–Minyong | |
Plains Miri | |
Native to | India |
Region | Assam |
Ethnicity | Mising, Padam, Minyong |
Native speakers | 629,954 (2011)[1] |
Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | mrg |
Glottolog | misi1242 |
ELP |
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.