Milang tribe
{{Short description|Tribe of the Adi people of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam, India}}
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The Milang tribe (alternately Millang, Malaa, or Holon) are a tribe of the Adi people of Arunachal Pradesh and nearby Jonai, in Assam, India.
Etymology
The term Milang is an exonym, used by non-members of the tribe to refer to the tribe.{{cite journal |title=Language Contact and the Genetic Position of Milang (Eastern Himalaya) |last1=Post|first1=Mark W. |last2=Modi|first2=Yankee |journal=Anthropological Linguistics |date=Fall 2011|jstor=41756851|volume=52|issue=3|publisher=Indiana University|page=215|doi=10.1353/anl.2011.0014|s2cid=144910820 }} Members of the tribe prefer the name Malaa.
References
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Further reading
- {{cite book
|title=The Millangs
|first=Milorai|last=Modi
|year=2007
|publisher=Himalayan Publishers
}}
- {{cite book
|editor1-last=Mibang|editor1-first=Tamo
|editor2-last=Chaudhuri|editor2-first=SK
|year=2004
|title=Understanding tribal religion
|location=New Delhi|publisher=Mittal
|isbn=81-7099-945-6
}}
- {{cite book
|last=Lego|first=NN
|year=1992
|title=British relations with the Adis, 1825-1947
|location=New Delhi|publisher=Omsons Publications
|isbn=81-7117-097-8
}}
External links
- [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=adi Ethnologue: Adi]
- [http://www.latrobe.edu.au/rclt/StaffPages/post.htm Research Centre for Linguistic Typology: Mark Post (fieldworker)]
- [http://www.bbc.co.uk/tribe/tribes/adi/index.shtml BBC: Adi Tribe]
- [https://roing.nic.in/culture-heritage/adis/ India]
- [https://roing.nic.in/culture-heritage/adis/ n Government Data]
- [https://indigenous.arunachal.gov.in/tribe/adi Indigenous Arunachal people]
- [https://www.britannica.com/topic/Adi Britannica:- Adi people]
- [https://thenortheasttravelblog.com/2013/07/30/adi-tribe-arunachal-pradesh-indigenous-peoples/ blog:- Adi people]
- Diplomate magazine:- [https://diplomatmagazine.eu/2017/01/01/adi-people-hills/?amp Adi, people of the hills]
- Instagram:- [https://www.instagram.com/the_adis_?igsh=N2lpajd4N2Jjc2Nj the adi]
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