Idu Mishmi language

Idu Mishmi
RegionIndia: Assam; Arunachal Pradesh: Dibang Valley district, Lower Dibang valley, Lohit; East Siang District; Upper Siang. China: southeastern Tibet Autonomous Region: Nyingchi Prefecture: Zayü County; western Yunnan
EthnicityMishmi people (categorized as Lhoba and Mishmi)
Native speakers
11,000 (2001 census)[1]
Possibly Digarish (Mishmic)
  • Idu Mishmi
Language codes
ISO 639-3clk
Glottologidum1241
ELPIdu-Mishmi
Idu Mishmi is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

The Idu Mishmi language is a small language spoken by the Mishmi people in Dibang Valley district, Lower Dibang Valley district, Lohit district, East Siang district, Upper Siang district of the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh and in Zayü County of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China. There were 8569 speakers in India in 1981 and 7000 speakers in China in 1994. It is considered an endangered language.

  1. ^ Idu Mishmi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

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