Miri
A language of India
| Population | 571,000 (2007). 10,050 Hill Miri. |
| Region | Assam, North Lakhimpur, Sonitput, Dhemaji, Dibrugarh, Sibsagar, Jorhat, Golaghat, Tinsukia districts; Arunachal Pradesh, Lower Subansiri District, Ziro Subdivision, a few villages near Pasighat, on both sides of Kamla River; Upper Subansiri District, Daporizo Subdivision. The Hill Miri are in Arunachal Pradesh, the Plain Miri are in Assam. |
| Alternate names | Mishing, Mising, Takam |
| Dialects | Idu-Mishmi [clk] may be a dialect. |
| Classification | Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, North Assam, Tani |
| Language use | Also use Assamese [asm]. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: 53% for Arunachal, 60 % for Assam. Grammar. NT: 2001. |
| Writing system | Bengali script. Devanagari script. Latin script. |
| Comments | A Scheduled Tribe. Swidden agriculturalists. Hindu mixed with traditional religion. |
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