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References
- Mark Post, 2012, "The Language, Culture, Environment and Origins of Proto-Tani Speakers", in Huber & Blackburn, eds, Origins and Migrations in the Extended Eastern Himalayas, p 153 ff
- NL Bor, 1938, "Yano Dafla Grammar and Vocabulary", Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal, vol. IV, no. 9
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| Western Himalayas (Himachal, Uttarakhand, Nepal, Sikkim) |
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| Eastern Himalayas (Tibet, Bhutan, Arunachal) | |||||
| Myanmar and Indo-Burmese border |
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| East and Southeast Asia |
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| Dubious (possible isolates) (Arunachal) |
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