| Digaro Mishmi | |
| Also Known As: | Tawra |
| Nativename: | Taraon |
| States: | India, China |
| Region: | Arunachal |
| Ethnicity: | Mishmi people |
| Speakers: | 35,000 |
| Date: | 2001 census |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Sino-Tibetan |
| Fam1: | Possibly Sino-Tibetan |
| Fam2: | Greater Siangic? |
| Fam3: | Digaro |
| Iso3: | mhu |
| Glotto: | diga1241 |
| Glottorefname: | Tawra |
| Map2: | Lang Status 80-VU.svg |
Digaro, also Taraon, Tawra, or Darang, is a Digarish language of northeastern Arunachal Pradesh, India and Zayü County, Tibet, China.
According to Jiang, et al. (2013:2), their autonym is pronounced as /tɑ31 rɑŋ53/ or pronounced as /da31 raŋ53/, and alternatively pronounced as /tɯŋ53/ (Deng 登, 僜) in China. The Kaman (Miju) call them pronounced as /tɕi31 moŋ35/, the Idu call them pronounced as /tɑ31 rɑŋ35/, and the Assamese call them Digaro Mishmi.
In Arunachal Pradesh, India, Digaro Mishmi is spoken in Hayuliang, Changlagam, and Goiliang circles in the Amjaw district (Ethnologue). It is also spoken in Dibang Valley district and Assam.
Jiang, et al. (2013:2) reports that in Zayü County, Tibet, Taraon is spoken in the following villages.
| Labial | Alveolar | (Alveolo-) palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||
| Plosive | voiceless | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
| aspirated | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||
| voiced | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||
| Affricate | voiceless | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||
| aspirated | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||||
| voiced | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||||
| Fricative | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||
| Approximant | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||
| Lateral | pronounced as /link/ | ||||||
| Close | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
| Open | pronounced as /link/ |