Milang language

Milang
Holon
Dalbo
Region	Arunachal Pradesh
Native speakers	(undated figure of around 2,000)
Language family	PossiblySino-Tibetan Greater Siangic? Siangic Milang
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None(mis)
Glottolog	mila1245
ELP	Milang

Milangis aSiangicorTanilanguage ofUpper Siang district,Arunachal Pradesh,India. It is spoken in the 3 villages of Milang (Milang:Holon), Dalbing, and Pekimodi (Milang:Moobuk Ade), located in Mariyang Subdivision,Upper Siang District,Arunachal Pradesh(Tayeng 1976).

Classification

Milang has traditionally been classified as the most divergent of theTani languages,hence ultimatelySino-Tibetan.Post & Blench (2011) reclassified it asSiangic,on the basis of clear correspondences with theKorolanguage in vocabulary that may not ultimately be of Sino-Tibetan origin. The implication is that Milang may, like other Siangic languages, harbour a non-Sino-Tibetansubstrate,or may be a non-Sino-Tibetan language with Sino-Tibetan features acquired through prolonged contact, perhaps with the neighbouring and much largerPadamtribe, who speak anEastern Tani language.

References

• Modi, Milorai (2007).The Millangs.Itanagar: Himalayan Publishers.ISBN81-86393-72-2.
• Modi, Yankee. 2017.The Milang Language: Grammar and Texts.Ph.D. dissertation,University of Bern.
• Post, Mark W. and Roger Blench (2011). "Siangic: A new language phylum in North East India",6th International Conference of the North East India Linguistics Society,Tezpur University, Assam, India, Jan 31 – Feb 2.
• Tayeng, Aduk (1976).Milang phrase-book.Shillong: The Director of Information and Public Relations, Arunachal Pradesh.

External links

• ELAR archive ofdocumentation of Milang