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    000 people of the Nyishi tribe. It appears to be a dialect of the Nishi language. Though Hili Miri is listed under Mising [mrg] in Ethnologue, Burling...
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  • Miri language can refer to: Mishing language (Plains Miri), a Sino-Tibetan language of Arunachal Pradesh, India Hill Miri language, a Sino-Tibetan language...
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    Miri /ˈmɪriː/ (Jawi: ميري‎; Chinese: 美里; pinyin: Měilǐ) is a coastal city in north-eastern Sarawak, Malaysia, located near the border of Brunei, on the...
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  • following locations for Mising speakers. The Hill Miri live in Arunachal Pradesh, while the Plains Miri live in Assam. Assam: North Lakhimpur, Sonitpur...
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  • common name which is known as North Assam group. The varieties are Dafla, Miri and Abor according to him. Daflas used to denote them as ‘Nyi-Shi’. these...
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    The various languages and dialects of the Adi people fall into two groups: Abor (Abor-Minyong, Bor-abor (Padam), Abor-Miri, etc.) and Lhoba (Lho-Pa, Luoba)...
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    "Miri." Some colonial scholars argued that 'miri' referred to their status as intermediaries between plains people in the Brahmaputra Valley and hill tribes...
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  • of Indo-Aryan dialects spoken in the Goalpara region of Assam, India. Along with Kamrupi, they form the western group of Assamese dialects. The North Bengali...
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    (2003). "Non-Standard Forms of Assamese: Their Socio-cultural Role". In Miri, Mrinal (ed.). Linguistic Situation in North-East India (2nd ed.). Concept...
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  • (A History of Brajabuli Literature, Calcutta, 1931 p1). This artificial dialect had Maithili as its basis to which Assamese was added.' (Neog 1980, p. 257f)...
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