Apatani

APT

threatened

Alternate Names: Apa

Dialects: None known. May be intelligible with Nyishi ,.

Genealogy:

Sino-Tibetan
Tibeto-Burman
Central Tibeto-Burman
Tani

Demographics: 28,400 (2001 census). Ethnic population: 35,000.

Language Use: Also use Assamese [asm], Hindi [hin], Nefamese [nef].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 71% (2001 census). Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 2004.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: India

Other Comments: A Scheduled Tribe. Traditional religion.