Mishing language

Mishing language
Not to be confused with Hill Miri language.
Mishing
Miri
Spoken in Assam
Ethnicity Mising
Native speakers 560,000  (2007)
Language family
Language codes
ISO 639-3 mrg

Mishing is a Tibetan–Burman language spoken by the Mishing people. There are over 500,000 speakers of the language. It is also known as Plains Miri or Takam.

The speakers of the language inhabit mostly Lakhimpur, Sonitpur, Dhemaji, Dibrugarh, Sibsagar, Jorhat, Golaghat, Tinsukia districts of Assam.

The premier literary body of Mishing language is known as 'Mishing Agom Kébang'.

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