Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica
SUBSCRIBE
SUBSCRIBE
SUBSCRIBE TO PREMIUM
  • Home
  • Biographies
  • Animals & Nature
  • History & Society
  • Science & Tech
  • Geography & Travel
  • Arts & Culture
  • ProCon
  • Money
  • Games & Quizzes
  • Videos
  • Today in History
  • Dictionary
  • New Articles
Biographies
  • Browse Biographies
Animals & Nature
  • Birds, Reptiles & Other Vertebrates
  • Environment
  • Fossils & Geologic Time
  • Insects & Other Invertebrates
  • Mammals
  • Plants
History & Society
  • History
  • Philosophy & Religion
  • Politics, Law & Government
  • Society & Social Issues
Science & Tech
  • Health & Medicine
  • Science
  • Technology
Geography & Travel
  • Geography & Travel
Arts & Culture
  • Entertainment & Pop Culture
  • Literature
  • Sports & Recreation
  • Visual Arts
  • Image Galleries
  • Podcasts
  • Summaries
  • Top Questions
  • Lists and Stories
  • Britannica Kids
Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos
Mirish languages
References
Britannica AI Icon

Mirish languages

Also known as: Abor-Miri-Dafla languages, Mishingish languages(Show More)
Written by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.

The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Learn about this topic in these articles:

  • Distribution of the Sino-Tibetan languages
    Sino-Tibetan languages
    / Tibetic languages

    …comprises the Bodish-Himalayish, Kirantish, and Mirish language groups.

    Read More

    …comprises the Bodish-Himalayish, Kirantish, and Mirish language groups.

    Read More
  • relationships among the Tibeto-Burman languages
    Tibeto-Burman languages
    / The Kamarupan group

    …Kuki-Chin-Naga, Abor-Miri-Dafla (what Shafer called Mirish), and Bodo-Garo (Shafer’s Barish) groups. Several other important languages of this area, including Karbi (Mikir), Meitei (Manipuri), and Mru (not the same as the Burmish language Maru), were not included by the Conspectus in any larger group. Of all these languages, the Mirish ones…

    Read More

    …Kuki-Chin-Naga, Abor-Miri-Dafla (what Shafer called Mirish), and Bodo-Garo (Shafer’s Barish) groups. Several other important languages of this area, including Karbi (Mikir), Meitei (Manipuri), and Mru (not the same as the Burmish language Maru), were not included by the Conspectus in any larger group. Of all these languages, the Mirish ones…

    Read More