Language/Apatani/Pronunciation/Alphabet
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Apatani is a language of the Sino-Tibetan language family. It is spoken mainly in the Ziro Valley in Arunachal Pradesh in northeast India.
Writing system[edit | edit source]
Like most endangered oral languages, Apatani had no standardized spelling. A year-long discussion and study by the ALDC (Apatani Language Development Committee) resulted in the recommendation of an alphabet based on the Roman script.
Orthography[edit | edit source]
Tanii words can be written meaningfully using English consonants and vowels "as is". Currently, the writing system is under rapid development, and various proposals have been put forward and active research work is underway.
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