IDU LANGUAGE RESOURCES

 

This page gives access to the very limited prior linguistic publications on Idu, together with my own draft working papers. Work on Idu has been conducted in conjunction with the Idu Language Development Committee (ILDC) during the period 2015-2019.

 

Title

Date

Images

Idu dictionary

2019

Presentation of dictionary at 2017 Rẽ Festival

Idu grammar

2019

 

Idu numeral classifiers

2019

 

Verbal extensions in Idu - Bantu in the flanks of the Himalayas? Presentation at the 25th Himalayan Languages Symposium University of Sydney, June 28th 2019

2019

 

Attempts to Write the Idu Mishmi Language and a Proposal for a Modern Orthography. In: Change and continuity among tribals: the Idu Mishmis of the Eastern Himalayas. Tarun Mene & S.K. Chaudhury eds. pages 115-130. Bhopal: Rawat Publications.

2019

 

 

 

 

Reading and writing

 

 

 

 

 

Reading and writing Idu

2018

 

Idu alphabet chart

2018

 

 

Existing publications for download

 

Title

Date

Images

Idu Phrase book

1978

 

Idu proverbs

2002

Idu Mishmi book cover

Idu Handbook

2002

 

 

Bibliography

 

Campbell, G. 1874. Specimens of Languages of India: Including Those of the Aboriginal Tribes of Bengal, the Central Provinces, and the Eastern Frontier. Calcutta: Printed at the Bengal secretariat Press.

Konow, Sten 1902.  Note on the languages spoken between the Assam Valley and Tibet. The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 1902: 127-137.

Mills, J.P. 1952. The Mishmis of the Lohit Valley, Assam. The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, 82(1):1-12.

Ouyang, Jueya 1985. A brief introduction to the Luoba language. [in Chinese]. Beijing: Mínzú Chūbǎnshè.

Pulu, Jatan 1978. Idu phrase-book. Shillong: Arunachal Pradesh Directorate of Research.

Pulu, Jimi 2002a. Idu Mishmi proverbs and sayings. Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh Directorate of Research.

Pulu, Jimi 2002b. A handbook on Idu Mishmi language. Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh Directorate of Research.

Robinson, W. 1856. Notes on the languages spoken by the Mi-Shmis. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 24: 307-324.

Sun, Hongkai 1983a. A brief introduction to Idu (Luoba) language. [In Chinese]. Mínzú Yǔwén 6. Beijing: Mínzú Chūbǎnshè.

Sun, Hongkai 1983b. The languages of the peoples of the Six River Valley Region and their genetic classification. [In Chinese]. Mínzú Xuébào. Kunming: Yunnan People’s Publishing Company.

Sun, Hongkai 1991. Zang Mianyu yuyin he cihui. [In Chinese]. Beijing: Zhōngguó Shèhuì Kēxué Chūbǎnshè.

Sun, Hongkai 1999. On the Himalayan languages of the eastern Himalayan area in China. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area, 22: 61-72.

Sun, Hongkai et al. 1980. The languages of the Moba, Luoba and Deng people. [In Chinese]. Beijing: Zhōngguó Shèhuì Kēxué Chūbǎnshè.