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{{Short description|Indian language}} <br />
{{Infobox language<br />
|name=Milang<br />
|altname=Holon<br />
|nativename=Dalbo<br />
|region=[[Arunachal Pradesh]]<br />
|speakers=around 2,000{{cn|date=August 2013}}<br />
|date=no date<br />
|ref=<br />
|familycolor=Sino-Tibetan<br />
|fam1=Possibly [[Sino-Tibetan languages|Sino-Tibetan]]<br />
|fam2=[[Greater Siangic languages|Greater Siangic]]?<br />
|fam3=[[Siangic languages|Siangic]]<br />
|iso3=none<br />
|glotto=mila1245<br />
|glottorefname=Milang<br />
}}<br />
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'''Milang''' is a [[Siangic languages|Siangic]] or [[Tani languages|Tani]] language of [[Upper Siang district]], [[Arunachal Pradesh]], India. It is spoken in the 3 villages of Milang (Milang: ''Holon''), Dalbing, and Pekimodi (Milang: ''Moobuk Ade''), located in Mariyang Subdivision, [[Upper Siang District]], [[Arunachal Pradesh]] (Tayeng 1976).<br />
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==Classification==<br />
Milang has traditionally been classified as the most divergent of the [[Tani languages]], hence ultimately [[Sino-Tibetan languages|Sino-Tibetan]]. Post & Blench (2011) reclassified it as [[Siangic languages|Siangic]], on the basis of clear correspondences with the [[Koro language (India)|Koro]] language in vocabulary that may not ultimately be of Sino-Tibetan origin. The implication is that Milang may, like other Siangic languages, harbour a non-Sino-Tibetan [[substratum (linguistics)|substrate]], or may be a non-Sino-Tibetan language with Sino-Tibetan features acquired through prolonged contact, perhaps with the neighbouring and much larger [[Padam (tribe)|Padam]] tribe, who speak an [[Padam language|Eastern Tani language]].<br />
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== References ==<br />
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*Modi, Milorai (2007). ''The Millangs''. Itanagar: Himalayan Publishers. {{ISBN|81-86393-72-2}}.<br />
*Modi, Yankee. 2017. ''The Milang Language: Grammar and Texts''. Ph.D. dissertation, [[University of Bern]].<br />
*Post, Mark W. and Roger Blench (2011). "[https://unibe-ch.academia.edu/MarkWPost/Talks/33486/Siangic_A_new_language_phylum_in_North_East_India Siangic: A new language phylum in North East India]", ''6th International Conference of the North East India Linguistics Society'', Tezpur University, Assam, India, Jan 31 – Feb 2.<br />
*Tayeng, Aduk (1976). ''Milang phrase-book''. Shillong: The Director of Information and Public Relations, Arunachal Pradesh.<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* ELAR archive of [http://elar.soas.ac.uk/deposit/0230 documentation of Milang]<br />
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[[Category:Endangered languages of India]]<br />
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