Idu Mishmi language

Idu Mishmi
Idu Mishmi
	Diorama and wax figures of Mishmi people in Jawaharlal Nehru Museum, Itanagar
Region	India: 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
Ethnicity	Mishmi people (categorized as Lhoba and Mishmi)
Native speakers	11,000 (2001 census)
Language family	Possibly Sino-Tibetan Greater Siangic? Digaro Idu Mishmi; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	clk
Glottolog	idum1241
ELP	Idu-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.

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