Mishmi

British  

/ ˈmɪʃmɪ /

noun

1. a member of a Mongoloid hill people of the Brahmaputra area of NE India

2. the language of this people, belonging to the Tibeto-Burman branch of the Sino-Tibetan family

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adjective

1. of or relating to this people or their language

Example Sentences

Already, communities like the Todas, the Phasepardhis, and the Idu Mishmi people are protecting grasslands in India through collective action and local stewardship.

From Scientific American

It lies between 27� and 28� N. and 97� and 98� E., and is bordered by the Mishmi country on the N., by the Patkai range on the W., by the Hukawng valley on the S. and E., and indeed all round by various Chingpaw or Kachin communities.

From Project Gutenberg

Its first tributaries in Assam, after crossing the frontier, are the Kundil and the Digaru, flowing from the Mishmi hills on the north, and the Tengapani and Dihing, which take their rise on the Singpho hills to the south-east.

From Project Gutenberg

On the N. it is bounded by the dependent state of Manipur, by the Mishmi hills, and by portions of Chinese territory; on the E. by the Chinese Shan States, portions of the province of Yunnan, the French province of Indo-China, and the Siamese Shan, or Lao States and Siam; on the S. by the Siamese Malay States and the Bay of Bengal; and on the W. by the Bay of Bengal and Chittagong.

From Project Gutenberg

While at Sadya a Mishmi chief pointed me out various spurs of the Himalayas, tantalisingly close, where he stated that he had hunted the animal.

From Project Gutenberg