Mising /Miri

Language name and location: Mising, Assam, Arunachal, India [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 米兴语 (米里语Miri), 印度东北部阿萨姆邦及阿鲁纳查尔邦

1. akɔ	21. ɨjiŋanɲi kɔlaŋ akɔ
2. anɲiː or adɲiː	22. ɨjiŋanɲi kɔlaŋ anɲiː
3. auːm	23. ɨjiŋanɲi kɔlaŋ auːm
4. appiː or abpiː	24. ɨjiŋanɲi kɔlaŋ appiː or abpiː
5. aŋŋɔː	25. ɨjiŋanɲi kɔlaŋ aŋŋɔː
6. akkɜŋ, sɔj * ( from Assamese ɛxo )	26. ɨjiŋanɲi kɔlaŋ akkɜŋ
7. kɨnɨd	27. ɨjiŋanɲi kɔlaŋ kɨnɨd
8. piːnŋi	28. ɨjiŋanɲi kɔlaŋ piːnŋi
9. kɔnaŋ ( 10 -1 )	29. ɨjiŋanɲi kɔlaŋ kɔnaŋ
10. ɨjɨŋ, dɔs ( from Assamese)	30. ɨjiŋauːm
11. ɨjiŋkɔlaŋ akɔ	40. ɨjiŋappiː
12. ɨjiŋkɔlaŋ anɲiː	50. ɨjiŋaŋŋɔː
13. ɨjiŋkɔlaŋ aum	60. ɨjiŋakkɜŋ
14. ɨjiŋkɔlaŋ appiː or abpiː	70. ɨjiŋkɨnɨd
15. ɨjiŋkɔlaŋ aŋŋɔː	80. ɨjiŋpiːnŋi
16. ɨjiŋkɔlaŋ akkɜŋ	90. ɨjiŋ ponaŋ
17. ɨjiŋkɔlaŋ kɨnɨd	100. lɨŋkɔŋ, 200. lɨŋkɔŋ anɲiː
18. ɨjiŋkɔlaŋ piːnŋi	400. lɨŋkɔŋ appiː, 800. lɨŋkɔŋ piːnŋi
19. ɨjiŋkɔlaŋ kɔnaŋ	1000. ɛːzar ( from Assamese hɛzar)
20. ɨjiŋadɲiː	2000.

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Khirud Kutum (M.A. Linguistics, Delhi University) and Miss Kavya Doley (M.A. Linguistics, Jawaharlal Nehru University) through Prof. Pauthang Haokip, Centre for Linguistics, School of Language, Literature & Culture Studies JNU, New Delhi-110067, India, March 7ᵗʰ, 2017.

提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Khirud Kutum and Miss Kavya Doley, 2017 年 3 月 7 日.

Other comments: Mising / Miri has a decimal system. Only the first 5 numericals are used in Mising. The remaining are loaned from Assamese in day to day conversation with slight variation. Thousand and above are not known to be used in counting so far. Assamese cardinal numerical system (loan words):

1. 1000. / ɛ:zar (from Assamese hɛzar), 2. 100. /ɛkoŋ/ (from Assamese ɛxo),

3. 10. /dɔs/ (Assamese), 4. 6. /sɔj/ (Assamese)

Note that the above data are taken from Northern Assam, Dhemaji to Sonitpur Southern Bank of Brahmaputra,Tinsukia to Golaghat District of Assam. Also in the district of East Siang, Lower Dibang valley and Namsai districts of Arunachal Pradesh.

Mising / Miri Phonetic Chartsː

Consonants:

	Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar
Stops	p, b	t, d	c (tʃ)	k, ɡ
Fricatives		s, z		(h)
Nasals	m	n	ɲ	ŋ
lateral		l
Flap		r
Trill		ɾ
Approximants	ʋ[w]		j

Vowelsː

	Front	Mid	Back
Close	i, iː	ɨ, ɨː	u, uː
Half-Close
Half-Open	ɛ, ɛː	ɜ, ɜː	ɔ, ɔː
Open		a, aː

Language name and location: Mising, Assam, Arunachal, India [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 米兴语 (米里语Miri), 印度东北部阿萨姆邦及阿鲁纳查尔邦

1. ako	21. ɨjɨŋ aɲi kolaŋ ako
2. aɲi	22. ɨjɨŋ aɲi kolaŋ aɲi
3. aum	23. ɨjɨŋ aɲi kolaŋ aum
4. appi	24. ɨjɨŋ aɲi kolaŋ appi
5. aŋŋɔ	25. ɨjɨŋ aɲi kolaŋ aŋŋɔ
6. akkəŋ	26. ɨjɨŋ aɲi kolaŋ akkəŋ
7. kɨnɨt ~ kɨnɨd	27. ɨjɨŋ aɲi kolaŋ kɨnɨt ~ kɨnɨd
8. piiɲi	28. ɨjɨŋ aɲi kolaŋ piiɲi
9. ponaŋ ( 10 -1 )	29. ɨjɨŋ aɲi kolaŋ ponaŋ
10. ɨjɨŋ	30. ɨjɨŋ aum
11. ɨjɨŋ kolaŋ ako	40. ɨjɨŋ áppi
12. ɨjɨŋ kolaŋ aɲi	50. ɨjɨŋ aŋŋɔ
13. ɨjɨŋ kolaŋ aum	60. ɨjɨŋ akkəŋ
14. ɨjɨŋ kolaŋ appi	70. ɨjɨŋ kɨnɨt ~ kɨnɨd
15. ɨjɨŋ kolaŋ aŋŋɔ	80. ɨjɨŋ piiɲi
16. ɨjɨŋ kolaŋ akkəŋ	90. ɨjɨŋ ponaŋ
17. ɨjɨŋ kolaŋ kɨnɨt ~ kɨnɨd	100. lɨŋkɔ
18. ɨjɨŋ kolaŋ piiɲi	200. lɨŋɲi
19. ɨjɨŋ kolaŋ ponaŋ	1000. lɨɨjɨŋ ( 100 x 10 )
20. ɨjɨŋ aɲi	2000. lɨɨjɨŋ aɲi

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Mark W. Post, Department of Linguistics, La Trobe University, Australia, March 16, 2009.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Mark W. Post, 2009 年 3 月 16 日.

Other comments: Mising has a decimal system. The above data are taken from Pagro dialect of Mising (Eastern Tani), Lakhimpur District, Upper Assam, Northeast India.
Note: The above list represents the most frequently-attested forms. Some Mising speakers employ a compounded form of multiples of ten 20-60 (jɨɨɲɨ, jɨum…), like the system attested for Upper Belt Minyong. Generally speaking, compounded forms are associated with older/more practised speech manners, and are more characteristic of highland Tani languages. Periphrastic forms are associated with novel and/or casual speech styles, usually found in the lowlands (Pasighat and Upper Assam).

Language name and location: Mising, Assam, Arunachal, India [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 米兴语 (米里语Miri), 印度东北部阿萨姆邦及阿鲁纳查尔邦

1. ákɔ	21. iñiŋánñi (laŋ) ákɔ
2. ánñi	22. iñiŋánñi (laŋ) ánñikɔ
3. áum	23.
4. áppi	24.
5. áŋɔ	25.
6. áppëŋ	26.
7. kïnïd	27.
8. píñi	28.
9. pɔnaŋ ( 10 -1 )	29.
10. iñiŋ	30. iñiŋáum
11. iñiŋkɔlaŋákɔ	40. iñiŋáppi
12. iñiŋkɔlaŋánñi	50. iñiŋáŋɔ
13. iñiŋkɔlaŋáum	60. iñiŋáppëŋ
14. iñiŋkɔlaŋáppi	70. iñiŋkïnïd
15. iñiŋkɔlaŋáŋɔ	80. iñiŋpíñi
16. iñiŋkɔlaŋáppëŋ	90. iñiŋpɔnaŋ
17. iñiŋkɔlaŋkïnïd	100. lïŋkɔ
18. iñiŋkɔlaŋpíñi	200.
19. iñiŋkɔlaŋpɔnaŋ	1000. lïñiŋkɔ ( 100 x 10 )
20. iñiŋánñkɔ

Sourceː G. Devi Prasada Sastry, 1991.Mising Grammar. Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore, India

Other comments: Miri has a decimal numeral system. Miri has three tonesː rising tone, /a ́/, falling tone, /à / and level tone (unmarked). The symbol 'ë' is a ' high central retroflex vowel.

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