Also Known As:
Miri, Sarak
Dialects & Varieties
Recent Resources
Shows a cultural performance by the Nyishis as well as an accompanying song that is in the language.
Song in the Hill Miri dialect of Nishi
A short recording of a Biblical story in the Hill Miri language
Threatened
60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~10,000
Native Speakers Worldwide
Transmission
Transmission 1
Most adults in the community, and some children, are speakers.
1
Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
2014. "Islamic Inner Asia." Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages. Available online at: http://www.livingtongues.org/hotspots/hotspot.GSA.Apatani.HillMiri.Nishi.html
Bibliography of Locations:
Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)
Bibliography of Context:
2014. "Islamic Inner Asia." Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages. Available online at: http://www.livingtongues.org/hotspots/hotspot.GSA.Apatani.HillMiri.Nishi.html