{{Short description|Tribe of the Adi people of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam, India}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}} {{Use Indian English|date=February 2020}}
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.<ref name=Post>{{cite journal |title=Language Contact and the Genetic Position of Milang (Eastern Himalaya) |last1=Post|first1=Mark W. |last2=Modi|first2=Yankee |journal=Anthropological Linguistics |date=Fall 2011|jstor=41756851|volume=52|issue=3|publisher=Indiana University|page=215|doi=10.1353/anl.2011.0014|s2cid=144910820 }}</ref> Members of the tribe prefer the name ''Malaa''.
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==Further reading== * {{cite book |title=The Millangs |first=Milorai|last=Modi |year=2007 |publisher=Himalayan Publishers }} * {{cite book |editor1-last=Mibang|editor1-first=Tamo |editor2-last=Chaudhuri|editor2-first=SK |year=2004 |title=Understanding tribal religion |location=New Delhi|publisher=Mittal |isbn=81-7099-945-6 }} * {{cite book |last=Lego|first=NN |year=1992 |title=British relations with the Adis, 1825-1947 |location=New Delhi|publisher=Omsons Publications |isbn=81-7117-097-8 }}
== External links == * [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=adi Ethnologue: Adi] * [http://www.latrobe.edu.au/rclt/StaffPages/post.htm Research Centre for Linguistic Typology: Mark Post (fieldworker)] * [https://www.bbc.co.uk/tribe/tribes/adi/index.shtml BBC: Adi Tribe] * [https://roing.nic.in/culture-heritage/adis/ India] *[https://roing.nic.in/culture-heritage/adis/ n Government Data] * [https://indigenous.arunachal.gov.in/tribe/adi Indigenous Arunachal people] * [https://www.britannica.com/topic/Adi Britannica:- Adi people] *[https://thenortheasttravelblog.com/2013/07/30/adi-tribe-arunachal-pradesh-indigenous-peoples/ blog:- Adi people] *Diplomate magazine:- [https://diplomatmagazine.eu/2017/01/01/adi-people-hills/?amp Adi, people of the hills] *Instagram:- [https://www.instagram.com/the_adis_?igsh=N2lpajd4N2Jjc2Nj the adi]
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Category:Tribes of Arunachal Pradesh Category:Donyi-Polo communities Category:Scheduled Tribes of Arunachal Pradesh Category:Ethnic groups in Northeast India