Tani, aka Miric, Adi-Galo-Nishi-apatani (Bradley 1997), or Abor-Miri-Dafla (Matisoff) is a compact family of Tibeto-Burman languages situated at the eastern end of the Himalayas, in an area skirted on four sides by Tibet, Assam, Bhutan, and Burma. The Tani languages, according to a semi-ethnic classification (Van Driem 2001), are as follows. It is not clear which are actually separate languages at this point, since some are undocumented.

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  • Tani, aka Miric, Adi-Galo-Nishi-apatani (Bradley 1997), or Abor-Miri-Dafla (Matisoff) is a compact family of Tibeto-Burman languages situated at the eastern end of the Himalayas, in an area skirted on four sides by Tibet, Assam, Bhutan, and Burma. The Tani languages, according to a semi-ethnic classification (Van Driem 2001), are as follows. It is not clear which are actually separate languages at this point, since some are undocumented. The names "Adi", "Abor", and "Miri" are common to several of the peoples and their languages. *Milang (seemingly the most divergent) Padam: Padam, Minyong, Shimong Nishi languages: Nishi (aka E. Dafla, Nishing), Tagin (aka W. Dafla), Bangni, Nah, Hill Miri (aka Sarak) Gallong languages: Gallong (aka Duba, Galo), Pailibo (aka Libo), Ramo, Bokar Apatani language: Apatani or Tanii Tani languages are spoken by about 600,000 people of Arunachal Pradesh like Adi (many sub-tribes), Nyishi-Bangni, Hill Miri, Tagin, and Apatani tribes of East Kameng, Lower Subansiri, Upper Subansiri, West Siang, East Siang, and the Dibang Valley districts of Arunachal Pradesh. 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 Motuo, Milin (Bokar and Tagin tribes), and Longzi counties of Tibet, where together with the non-Tani tribe Idu they form the Lhoba nationality. The Tani languages are conservatively classified as a distinct branch in Tibeto-Burman. Their closest relatives may be to be their eastern neighbors the Digarish languages, Taraon and Idu.
  • 塔尼语支，是藏缅语族的一個支系，分布在喜马拉雅山东麓，有60万人使用。使用这些语言的人分成很多部落，有一些自称阿迪（旧称阿博尔）、米里。这些部落在中国统称珞巴族，语言统称珞巴语。另外，义都人也被识别为珞巴族，但是义都语不属于塔尼语支。 包括崩尼-博嘎尔语、阿帕塔尼语等。 和义都-达让语支关系密切。
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  • Miric
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  • Sino-Tibetan
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  • Tani
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  • Tani, aka Miric, Adi-Galo-Nishi-apatani (Bradley 1997), or Abor-Miri-Dafla (Matisoff) is a compact family of Tibeto-Burman languages situated at the eastern end of the Himalayas, in an area skirted on four sides by Tibet, Assam, Bhutan, and Burma. The Tani languages, according to a semi-ethnic classification (Van Driem 2001), are as follows. It is not clear which are actually separate languages at this point, since some are undocumented.
  • 塔尼语支，是藏缅语族的一個支系，分布在喜马拉雅山东麓，有60万人使用。使用这些语言的人分成很多部落，有一些自称阿迪（旧称阿博尔）、米里。这些部落在中国统称珞巴族，语言统称珞巴语。另外，义都人也被识别为珞巴族，但是义都语不属于塔尼语支。 包括崩尼-博嘎尔语、阿帕塔尼语等。 和义都-达让语支关系密切。
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  • Tani languages
  • 塔尼語支
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