Nyishi people: Difference between revisions

In [[Nyishi language|Nyishi]], ''Nyi'' refers to "a human" and the word ''shi'' denotes "highland".{{citation needed|date=March 2023}} The Nyishis are mentioned as the '''Dafla''' people in the contemporary Ahom documents and consequently the British documents, and historians of the post-independence period also used the same term. This terminology is, however, not used nowadays.{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}