Idu
Idu is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in China and India. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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The Idu Mishmi language is a small language spoken by the Idu Mishmi people in Dibang Valley district, Lower Dibang Valley district, Lohit district, East Siang district, and Upper Siang district of the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh and in Zayü County of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China. There were 8569 speakers in India in 1981 and 7000 speakers in China in 1994. It is considered an endangered language.
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Words in Idu
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | ime* | |
| name | amu* | |
| eye | elobra* | |
| ear | akruna* | |
| nose | e5aNbo* | |
| tooth | tiapra* | |
| tongue | elina* | |
| hand | katio* | |
| blood | iru* | |
| skin | kopra* | |
| breast | 5obi* | |
| liver | huN* | |
| water | माची | mācī |
| fire | mamru* | |
| sun | i5i* | |
| star | andekru* | |
| stone | alaN* | |
| mountain | maya* | |
| tree | maseNboN* | |
| leaf | naN* | |
| night | aboNtioN* | |
| dog | miku* | |
| fish | aNa* | |
| louse | chu* | |
| one | kh3nge* | |
| two | kani* | |
| I | Na* | |
| you | 5o* | |
| we | NaaloN* | |
| drink | tioN* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- TawraSino-Tibetan26% alike
- Senthang ChinSino-Tibetan18% alike
- Mising-Padam-Miri-MinyongSino-Tibetan18% alike
- Northern GhaleSino-Tibetan16% alike
- Southern GhaleSino-Tibetan16% alike
- Pangwa NagaSino-Tibetan16% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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