CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Arunachal Pradesh CM Pema Khandu has released a book titled Tangams: An Ethnolinguistic Study Of The Critically Endangered Group of Arunachal Pradesh.

Detailed explanation-2: -Tangam Language: Tangam is an oral language that belongs to the Tani group, under the greater Tibeto-Burman language family. It has been marked ‘critically endangered’ by the UNESCO World Atlas of Endangered Languages (2009).

Detailed explanation-3: -The government of Arunachal Pradesh conferred on her annual Verrier Elwin Prize in 2013 for her book Arunachal Pradesh: The Hidden Land. She received Sahitya Akademi Award in 2017 for her novel The Black Hill.

Detailed explanation-4: -Pema Khandu (born 21 August 1979) is an Indian politician and the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh.

Detailed explanation-5: -Some of them are Nyishi, Dafla, Miji, Adi, Gallong, Wancho, Tagin, Hill Miri, Mishui, Mohpa, Nocte, Aka, Tangsa, Khamti. Vast majority of them belong to the Tibeto - Burman language family. Hindi is making constant inroads. Nagamese is fairly widely used as a link language in some areas.