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Language family found in Northeast India

Tani (alternatively Miric, Adi–Galo–Mising–Nishi Tagin (Bradley 1997), or Abor–Miri–Dafla (Matisoff 2003)), is a branch of Tibeto Burman languages spoken mostly in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, and neighboring regions.

The Tani languages are spoken by about 600,000 people of Arunachal Pradesh, including the Adi, Apatani, Galo, Mising, Nyishi, Tagin, and of the East Kameng, West Kameng, Papumpare, Lower Subansiri, Upper Subansiri, West Siang, East Siang, Upper Siang, Lower Dibang Valley and Lohit districts of Arunachal Pradesh and Dhemaji, North Lakhimpur, Sonitpur etc. districts of Assam. In Arunachal Pradesh alone the Tani speaking area covers some 40,000 square kilometers, or roughly half the size of the state. Scattered Tani communities spill over the Sino Indian border into adjacent areas in Mêdog (Miguba people), Mainling (Bokar and Tagin peoples), and Lhünzê (Bangni, Na, Bayi, Dazu, and Mara peoples) counties of Tibet. The name Tani was originally suggested by Jackson Tianshin Sun in his 1993 doctoral dissertation.

Sun (1993: 254 255) lists the following 25 lexical isoglosses between Western Tani and Eastern Tani. Gloss Proto Western Tani Proto Eastern Tani urine *sum *si blind *mik čiŋ *mik maŋ mouth *gam *nap paŋ nose *ñV pum *ñV buŋ wind (n.) *rji *sar rain (n.) *mV doŋ *pV doŋ thunder *doŋ gum *doŋ mɯr lightning *doŋ rjak *ja ri fish *ŋo i *a ŋo tiger *paŋ tə *mjo/mro root *m(j)a *pɯr old man *mi kam *mi ǰiŋ village *nam pom *duŋ luŋ granary *nam suŋ *kjum suŋ year *ñiŋ *tak sell *pruk *ko breath *sak *ŋa ferry/cross *rap *koŋ arrive * ki *pɯŋ say/speak *ban±man *lu rich *mi tə~mi ta *mi rem soft *ñi mjak *rə mjak drunk *kjum back (adv.) * kur *lat² ten *čam *rjɯŋ

A new alphabetical writing system for Tani languages was invented by Tony Koyu, a social scientist from Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh. It was first presented at a seminar at the North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology at Nirjuli, Arunachal Pradesh in November 2001. It is not related to any other writing system, but some of the letters are similar to Bengali or Latin letters.