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Digaro Mishmi
Tawra
Taraon
Native to	India, China
Region	Arunachal
Ethnicity	Mishmi people
Native speakers	35,000 (2001 census)
Language family	Possibly Digarish (Mishmic) Digaro Mishmi
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mhu
Glottolog	diga1241
ELP	Digaro-Mishmi
Taraon is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Digaro, also Taraon, Tawra, or Darang, is a Digarish language of northeastern Arunachal Pradesh, India and Zayü County, Tibet, China.

Names

According to Jiang, et al. (2013:2), their autonym is tɑ31 rɑŋ53 or da31 raŋ53, and alternatively tɯŋ53 (Deng 登, 僜) in China. The Kaman (Miju) call them tɕi31 moŋ35, the Idu call them tɑ31 rɑŋ35, and the Assamese call them Digaro Mishmi.

Distribution

India

In Arunachal Pradesh, India, Digaro Mishmi is spoken in Hayuliang, Changlagam, and Goiliang circles in the Amjaw district (Ethnologue). It is also spoken in Dibang Valley district and Assam.

China

Jiang, et al. (2013:2) reports that in Zayü County, Tibet, Taraon is spoken in the following villages.

• E River watershed 额河流域
  • Jiyu village 吉玉村 (alternatively named Juyu 巨玉)
  • Ciba village 次巴村
  • Rusu village 如苏村
  • Demen village 德门村
  • Zigeng village 自更村
  • Xiani village 下尼村
  • Ba'antong 巴安通
  • Xin village 新村
• Sang'ang River watershed 桑昂河流域
  • Gayao village 嘎尧村
• Chayu River watershed 察隅河流域
  • Dongchong 洞冲, Lower Chayu town 下察隅镇

Phonology

Consonants

Vowels

• /ɨ/ may also be heard as .
• /a/ may also be heard as before /k/.

References

1. Digaro Mishmi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

• Evans, Jonathan P.; Manyu, Johakso (2021). "The sounds of Tawrã (Digaru-Mishmi), a Tibeto-Burman language". Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area. 44 (1): 1–26.
• Jiang Huo , Li Daqin , Sun Hongkai . 2013. A study of Taraon . Beijing: Ethnic Publishing House . ISBN 9787105129324

Further reading

• Blench, Roger. 2017. A dictionary of Tawrã, a language of Arunachal Pradesh.
• Evans, Jonathan P.; Manyu, Johakso (2021). "The sounds of Tawrã (Digaru-Mishmi), a Tibeto-Burman language". Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area. 44 (1): 1–26. doi:10.1075/ltba.20013.eva. ISSN 0731-3500.
• Chakravarty, L. N. (1963). A Dictionary of the Taraon Language. NEFA.
• Pulu, Jatan (1991). A Phrase Book on Taraon Language. Arunachal Pradesh government.
• Sastry, Garimella and Devi Prasada (1984). Mishmi Grammar. CIIL.
• Sastry, Garimella and Devi Prasada (1991). Mishmi-English-Hindi Dictionary. CIIL.
• Zong, Xiaozhe 宗晓哲 (2019). Xizang Chayu Darang yu 西藏察隅达让语. Beijing: The Commercial Press. OCLC 1156796336.

v t e Sino-Tibetan branches
Western Himalayas (Himachal, Uttarakhand, Nepal, Sikkim)	West Himalayish Tamangic Newaric Newar Baram–Thangmi Kiranti Dhimalish Dhimal Toto Lhokpu Lepcha Greater Magaric Magaric Magar Kham Chepangic Chepang Bhujel Raji–Raute Dura–Tandrange
Eastern Himalayas (Tibet, Bhutan, Arunachal)	Bodish Tibetic East Bodish Tshangla Basum Nam? Gongduk ʼOle Tani Chamdo
Myanmar and Indo- Burmese border	Karbi Kuki-Chin Mruic Mru Hkongso Pyu Taman "Naga" Ao Angami–Pochuri Meitei Tangkhulic Zeme Sal Boro–Garo Konyak Jingpho–Luish
East and Southeast Asia	Sinitic Bai Tujia Nungish Karenic Gong Kathu Cai–Long Caijia Longjia Luren Burmo-Qiangic Qiangic Gyalrongic Ersuic Naic Lolo-Burmese Mondzish Burmish Loloish
Dubious (possible isolates) (Arunachal)	Hrusish Hruso Mijiic Kho-Bwa Puroik Miju–Meyor Songlin Greater Siangic Siangic Koro Milang Idu–Taraon
Proposed groupings	Central Tibeto-Burman Kuki-Chin–Naga Macro-Bai Mahakiranti Rung Tibeto-Burman Tibeto-Kanauri
Proto-languages	Proto-Sino-Tibetan Proto-Tibeto-Burman Proto-Loloish Proto-Karenic Proto-Min Proto-Hakka
Italics indicates single languages that are also considered to be separate branches.

• Digaro languages
• Mishmi languages
• Languages of India
• Languages of Arunachal Pradesh
• Languages written in Devanagari