KMAN LANGUAGE, ANTHROPOLOGY and ETHNOSCIENCE

 

The Kman people are also known as Miju and Geman. They live in the extreme Northeast of Arunachal Pradesh, bordering Tibet and Myanmar. Since 2015, I have been working with Sokhep Kri and the Kman Language Development Committee (KLDC) on a fresh study of their language and culture. The Kman are a part of the ‘Mishmi’ people, a group which also includes Tawrã and Idu. The Kman and Tawrã people consider themselves to have a very close relationship.

 

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Anthropology

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Ethnoscience

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