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The tribal peoples of Arunachal Pradesh speak approximately 50 distinct languages and dialects. The vast majority of these belong to the Tibeto-Burman branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family.12
Because these tribal languages are often mutually unintelligible, Assamese, Hindi, and English are commonly used as lingua francas to facilitate communication across the region.1