Hruso

Facts

  • Language: Hruso
  • Alternate names: Aka, Hrusso, Angka, Angkae, Tenae, Hruso B, Hrus(s)o, Angka(e), Gusso
  • Language code: hru
  • Language family: Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Central Tibeto-Burman, Hrusish (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: <3,000
  • Vulnerability: Threatened
  • Script: Latin script.

More information:

    ’Aka’, painted. Has 2 ethnic groups (Kavatsun and Kutsun) and an additional subdivision called Miri-Akas on the other side of Kaya River (known as Khrome) who speak Mising (See: [[Mising]]), not Hruso. Probably not the same as Plains Miri or Hill Miri (Mising) (See: [[Mising]]) (Sinha 1962). Aka in East Kameng District are called Koro Aka (See: [[Koro]]), distinct from Hruso Aka in West Kameng. Traditional religion, Christian.

    Hruso is spoken in India, South Asia.