| Mising | |
|---|---|
| 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 classified as Definitely Endangered by theUNESCOAtlas of the World's Languages in Danger. | |
 Minyong is classified as Definitely Endangered by theUNESCOAtlas of the World's Languages in Danger. | |
Mising is aTani language spoken by theMising people. There are 629,954 speakers (as per Census of India, 2011), who inhabit mostly in theDhemaji district,Lakhimpur,Sonitpur,Dibrugarh,Sibsagar,Jorhat,Majuli,Golaghat,Tinsukia districts ofAssam and also some parts ofArunachal Pradesh. The primary literary body of Mising is known as 'Mising Agom Kébang (Mising Language Society)'.
The Mising,Padam andMinyong speak dialects of the same language.
For the year 2011, for the first time,Sahitya Akademi, India's highest literary body, recognised Mising eligible for receiving one of the sixBhasha Samman awards, for the category of the non-recognised languages, "that have developed sufficiently to merit the award".[2]
"Mising is one such language which has a rich literary tradition though it does not have its own script but has adapted the Roman script. Through this convention, we will come to know who has worked in developing the language and literature, and the Bhasa Samman, which carries Rs 1 lakh prize money, will be a recognition of this effort."
"After selecting the communities for the award for one year, the system is to move on to other communities in the next year so that all such languages are given a chance to come up."
— Agrahar Krishna Murthy, Secretary ofSahitya Akademi, Delhi[3]
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||
| Plosive/ Affricate | voiceless | p | t | (tʃ)[a] | k | |
| voiced | b | d | (dʒ)[a] | ɡ | ||
| Fricative | voiceless | s | (h)[b] | |||
| voiced | z | |||||
| Tap | ɾ | |||||
| Approximant | (w)[c] | l | j | |||
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i iː | ɨ ɨː | u uː |
| Mid | ɛ ɛː | ɜ ɜː | ɔ ɔː |
| Open | a aː |
Ethnologue gives the following locations for Mising speakers. The Hill Miri live in Arunachal Pradesh, while the Plains Miri live in Assam.