Code-Switching and the Misings
2.4.1 Conclusion
8. As a result of the age-old socio-cultural contact with the Assamese-speaking societies, a number of Assamese words have entered the Mising vocabulary.
Some of them have been conveniently misingised according to the Mising tongue. For example, some Assamese words ending with “a” have been misingised by adding “ng” to them, such as, “bengena” (brinjal) has become
“bengenang”, and “dingora” (drum-shaped implement for catching fish) has been misingised as “dingorang”. Due to the absence of aspirates in the Mising language, words like “hisab” (calculation) and “ghatoi” (one who mans the river harbour) have become “isab” and “gatoi” in Mising.
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