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Adi is a major tribal group in Arunachal Pradesh inhabiting about seven Districts like East Siang, West Siang, Upper Siang, Lower Dibang Valley, Namsai, Siang and some part of Lohit district. Adi dialect is mainly tonal, spoken by sub-groups like Minyong, Pasi, Simong, Padam, Milang, Bokar, Bori, Panggi, Karko etc. Parts of Assam, the Mishing speaks the same language with little dialectical variation. The Adi language is one of the most spoken languages of Arunachal Pradesh. [http://www.adiagomkebang.org/learn.php/ref> According to a census gathered in 2001, 97,000 people speak the Adi language in India today and 100,190 worldwide today. Adi, also known as Abor (Abhor, Abor-Miri) and Lhoba (Lho-Pa, Luoba), is a [[Sino-Tibetan languages|Sino-Tibetan language] of the Tani family spoken in Arunachal Pradesh, India. There are 14 dialects associated with the Adi langauge. [https://www.ethnologue.com/language/adi/ref> The Adi language is at a 20 percent risk of endangerment according to most sources. [http://www.endangeredlanguages.com/lang/adi#sources_popup_wrapper/ref>

Dialects
Adi has a number of dialects, including Padam, Minyong, Shimong, Mising (a.k.a. Plains Miri), and Pasi.

History of scholarship
Adi literature has been developed by Christian missionaries since 1900. The missionaries, J. H. Lorrain and F. W. Savidge, published an Abor Miri Dictionary in 1906 with the help of Mupak Mili and Atsong Pertin, considered the fathers of the Adi language or Adi script. There are two types of scripts used, Latin script and Tibetan script, which is used in China [http://www.endangeredlanguages.com/lang/adi#sources_popup_wrapper/ref>