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Adi is a Sino-Tibetan language of both India and China, spoken by the Adi people. There are approximately 3,912 speakers of Adi, and the status of this language is both threatened and shifting. Speakers of Adi live in the Himalayas in the far North East of India in the Arunachal Pradesh region. The languages Assamese, Hindi, and Nepali are also used by Adi speakers.

General information
Adi (ISO 639-3: adi) is also known as Lho-Pa, Abhor, Abor, Boga'er Luoba, Luoba, Lhoba, Boga'er, Bengni-Boga'er, Bokar, Adi-Bokar, Na Bengni, Bengni, Miri, Abor-Miri, and Miśing. It has quite a few dialects including but not limited to Ashing, Gallong, Shimong, Padam, and Karko. In 2014, the British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC, created a short documentary composed of nineteen clips on the life, language, and culture of the Adi. 

Genetic Affiliation
Adi is suggested to have originated from the southern regions of Tibet. The language itself belongs to the North-Assam branch of the Tibeto-Burman sub-linguistic family.

Writing system
Adi is a language that is written in Latin script, with Tibetan script being used in China. 

History of scholarship
Adi literature was mostly contributed to by Christian Missionaries since 1900. According to the history of Adi literature, two missionaries by the names Rev. J. H Lorrain and FW Savidge released the the Abor Miri Dictionary on February 1, 1906. They were able to write this book along with a second book with the help of both Mr. Mupak Mili and Mr. Atsong Pertin, whom are often referred to as the fathers of the Adi language or Adi script.