Milang tribe explained

The Milang tribe (alternately Millang, Malaa, or Holon) are a tribe of the Adi people of Arunachal Pradesh and nearby Jonai, in Assam, India.

Etymology

The term Milang is an exonym, used by non-members of the tribe to refer to the tribe.^[1] Members of the tribe prefer the name Malaa.

Further reading

• Book: Modi , Milorai. The Millangs . 2007 . Himalayan Publishers.
• Book: Mibang. Tamo . Chaudhuri. SK . 2004 . Understanding tribal religion . New Delhi. Mittal . 81-7099-945-6.
• Book: Lego, NN . 1992 . British relations with the Adis, 1825-1947 . New Delhi. Omsons Publications . 81-7117-097-8.

External links

• Ethnologue: Adi
• Research Centre for Linguistic Typology: Mark Post (fieldworker)
• BBC: Adi Tribe

Notes and References

1. Language Contact and the Genetic Position of Milang (Eastern Himalaya) . Post. Mark W. . Modi. Yankee . Anthropological Linguistics . Fall 2011. 41756851. 52. 3. Indiana University. 215. 10.1353/anl.2011.0014. 144910820 .