- Source: Digaro Mishmi language
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 [ɯ].
/a/ may also be heard as [ʌ] before /k/.
References
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 [江获], Li Daqin [李大勤], Sun Hongkai [孙宏开]. 2013. A study of Taraon [达让语研究]. Beijing: Ethnic Publishing House [民族出版社]. 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.