Digaro, also Taraon, Tawra, or Darang, is a Digarish language of northeastern

Arunachal Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh (, ) is a state in Northeastern India. It was formed from the erstwhile North-East Frontier Agency (NEFA) region, and became a state on 20 February 1987. It borders the states of Assam and Nagaland to the south. It share ...

, India and Zayü County, Tibet, China.

Names

According to Jiang, et al. (2013:2), their autonym is ' or ', and alternatively ' (Deng 登, 僜) in China. The Kaman (

Miju Miju may refer to: * Miju language *Miju Mishmi tribe In in Northeastern India, the Miju Mishmi, also known as Kaman or Kammaan, are one of the three tribes of the Mishmi people of Tibet and Arunachal Pradesh. Members of this tribe are located in ...

) call them ', the Idu call them ', and the

Assamese Assamese may refer to: * Assamese people, a socio-ethnolinguistic identity of north-eastern India * People of Assam, multi-ethnic, multi-linguistic and multi-religious people of Assam * Assamese language, one of the easternmost Indo-Aryan language ...

call them ''Digaro Mishmi''.

Distribution

India

, India, Digaro Mishmi is spoken in

Hayuliang Hayuliang is a town and the headquarters of an eponymous subdivision in the Anjaw district in the north-eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, India.

, Changlagam, and

Goiliang Goiliang is a village and the headquarters of an eponymous circle in the Anjaw district in the north-eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, India. Goiliang is situated on the bank of the Dau River (or Dav River), a tributary of the Lohit River.

circles in the Amjaw district ('' Ethnologue''). It is also spoken in Dibang Valley district and

Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...

China

Jiang, et al. (2013:2) reports that in Zayü County, Tibet, Taraon is spoken in the following villages. *E River watershed 额河流域 **Jiyu village 吉玉村 (alternatively named Juyu 巨玉) **Ciba village 次巴村 **Rusu village 如苏村 **Demen village 德门村 **Zigeng village 自更村 **Xiani village 下尼村 **Ba'antong 巴安通 **Xin village 新村 *Sang'ang River watershed 桑昂河流域 **Gayao village 嘎尧村 *Chayu River watershed 察隅河流域 **Dongchong 洞冲, Lower Chayu town 下察隅镇

Phonology

Consonants

Vowels

* /ɨ/ may also be heard as � * /a/ may also be heard as �before /k/.

References

*Evans, Jonathan P.; Manyu, Johakso (2021). "The sounds of Tawrã (Digaru-Mishmi), a Tibeto-Burman language". Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area. 44 (1): 1–26. *Jiang Huo ��获 Li Daqin ��大勤 Sun Hongkai ��宏开 2013. ''A study of Taraon'' ��让语研究 Beijing: Ethnic Publishing House ��族出版社