Alternate Names: “Chulikata” (pej.), “Chulikotta” (pej.), Ida, Idu, Midhi, Midu, Sulikota, Yidu Luoba
Dialects: Reportedly most similar to Digaro-Mishmi ,. Different from Adi ,. May be a dialect of Mising ,. Lexical similarity: 7% with the Miju-Mishmi dialect of Miju-Mishmi ,, 25% with Digaro-Mishmi ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 11,000 in India (2001 census). Population total all countries: 11,080. 2,200 monolinguals.
Language Use: Home, community, religion. All ages. Positive attitudes. Educated use English [eng]. Also use Assamese [asm], Hindi [hin], Nepali [npi].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 55% (2001 census). Radio programs. Grammar.
Typology: SOV; postpositions; genitives before noun heads; numerals after noun heads, adjective and relatives before noun head; affixes indicate case of noun phrase; comparatives; open syllables; tonal.
Writing System: Tibetan
Nation of Origin: India
Other Comments: Mishmi Idu is a Scheduled Tribe. May not be in the Tani group, but is related. Buddhist, Hindu.