Adi language, spoken by the Adis, who were also known as Abor earlier, belongs to Tibeto-Burman stock of Sino-Tibetan language family. Grierson, in his Linguistic Survey of India, has grouped it with Nyishi, Apatani, Mising, Mishmi and labeled it North Assam group of languages (Grierson, 1966, p.568). His observation on the closeness of Adi, Mising and Nyishi languages is much insightful. He states, “The Abor-Miri and Dafla speak dialects which are so closely related that they can be justly considered as one and the same speech form’. The names Abor, Miri and Dafla, believed to be given by outsiders, have already been discarded by the ethnic groups and are presently called Adi, Mising and Nyishi respectively.

Mibang, Tamo & P.T. Abraham (2019) A Grammar of Adi Language. Jaipur, India: University Book House.

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