Alternate Names: Eastern Mishmi, Geman Dend, Geman Deng, Kaman, Miji, Miju, Mishmi
Dialects: None known. Conflicting reports about Miju-Mishmi similarity to Idu-Mishmi , and Digaro-Mishmi ,. Reportedly intelligible but recorded lexical similarity is too low for this to be possible. Ethnically related, but may not be linguistically similar. Related to Kachin, Chin and Lepcha , languages (Chowdhury 1996). Some linguists believe the language is similar to Jingpho ,. Lexical similarity: 7% with Idu-Mishmi ,, 10% with Digaro-Mishmi , (IICCC).
Genealogy:
Demographics: 18,000 in India (2006 Arunachal Tourism). Population total all countries: 18,200.
Language Use: Also use Assamese [asm], Digaro-Mishmi [mhu], English [eng], Hindi [hin], Nepali [npi].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 40% for Mishmi (2001 census). Grammar.
Typology: SOV; tonal, 4 tones which are reportedly has a low functional load.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: India
Other Comments: A Scheduled Tribe, subgroup of Mishmi. Different from the Miji ,. Buddhist, traditional religion.