| Miju | |
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| Kman-Meyor, Geman, Southern Mishmi | |
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| Geographic distribution | Arunachal Pradesh |
| Ethnicity | Miju Mishmi |
| Linguistic classification | Sino-Tibetan
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| Glottolog | gema1234 |
TheMiju (Midžu, Miju, Mijhu),Kaman–Meyor,[1]Midžuish,Southern Mishmi, orGeman languages are a small proposed family ofSino-Tibetan languages spoken by theKaman (Miju Mishmi) people of southeasternTibet andArunachal Pradesh. The languages areKaman (Midzu/Miju) andZakhring (Meyor).[2] Although Zakhring appears to be Sino-Tibetan, Kaman may be more divergent. Blench and Post (2011) believe that Zakhring is anEast Bodish language that has been influenced by Midzu or other divergent languages of the region, whereas Kaman may be alanguage isolate.[3]
Blench (2015) suggests that Meyor (Zakhring) and Kman may each belanguage isolates.[4] Blench argues that the lexical similarities between Kaman and Zakhring are borrowings, and that Zakhring had borrowed heavily from Kaman andTibetic, and then later borrowed fromNaga languages and Jingpho as well.
Regardless, they are not closely related to the Northern Mishmi also known asDigaro languages.
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| WesternHimalayas (Himachal, Uttarakhand,Nepal,Sikkim) |
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| EasternHimalayas (Tibet,Bhutan,Arunachal) | |||||
| Myanmar and Indo- Burmese border |
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| East andSoutheast Asia |
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| Dubious (possible isolates,Arunachal) |
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Italics indicates single languages that are also considered to be separate branches. | |||||