Nefamese

Nefamese (also Arunamese) is a nearly extinct pidgin of

Arunachal Pradesh (formerly NEFA), India. Its classi-
cation is unclear; Ethnologue states that it is based on the
Indic language Assamese, but also that it is most closely
related to the Sino-Tibetan Gallong. It has also been in-
uenced by Hindi and English.
Nefamese emerged in eastern Arunachal Pradesh as a
lingua franca among the Nishi, Adi, Apatanai, Khampti,
Hill Miri, Idu Mishimi, Nocte, Wanchu, Tagin, Mompa,
Zakhring, Apatani, and Bugun peoples, among others
between them and with outsiders. The language is threat-
ened by, and has perhaps been replaced by, the use of
Hindi.

1 Phonology
Nefamese has six vowel phonemes, eighteen consonant
phonemes and six diphthongs.[3]

2 Notes
[1] Nefamese at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[2] Hammarstrm, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath,

Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). Nefamese.
Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science
of Human History.

[3] (Bhuyan 2012, p. 232)

3 Also Read
Nagamese

4 References
Bhuyan, Nupur Chandra (2012). The Phonological
aspects of Nefamese (PDF). Retrieved February 7,
2013.

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