Thulung language
| Thulung | |
|---|---|
| Region | Nepal, India |
Native speakers | 21,000 in Nepal (2011 census)[1] |
|
Sino-Tibetan
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
tdh |
| Glottolog |
thul1246[2] |
Thulung is a Kiranti language spoken in parts of Nepal and Sikkim. It is also known as Thulunge Rai, Thulu Luwa, Thulung La, Thulung Jemu, Toaku Lwa. Total population: 33,313.
Thulung language
| Jaam | food, rice |
| Ke | curry |
| Michyu | people |
| Beb | grandfather |
| Mim | grandmother |
| Pap | Father |
| Mam | mother |
| nana | elder sister |
| ? | little sister |
| Ninee | Aunt elder to dad |
| deb | Uncle Elder to Dad |
| chis | Uncle younger to Dad |
| Waa | Elder Brother |
| Lwak | Younger Brother |
| Riw | solti |
| Rime | soltini |
| Yanchyo | Brothers children Son/ Daughter |
| Kuri | Mother's Brother |
| Khaulung | money |
| Ye | cloths |
| Ku | water |
| Mu | fire |
| ? | Cup |
| bungma | flour |
| Liser | Millet |
| Hydpa/Hyatma | locally brew wine |
| Syo | meat |
Geographical distribution
Thulung is spoken in the following locations of Nepal, most of which are located in Sagarmatha Zone (Ethnologue).
- Southeastern Solukhumbu District: Deusa, Lokhim, Mukli, Jubu, Tingla, Salyan, Panchan, and Necha VDC's
- Khotang District: Salle, Jaleswori, Maheswori VDC's
- Okhaldhunga District: Tuintar VDC (in 6 or 7 villages)
- Bhojpur District, Kosi Zone: 1 village
- West of the slopes’ highest ridges to Dudhkosi, north of Nechedanda and Halesidanda ranges, east of upper Solu River, and south of the Kakukhola and the confluence of Ingkhukhola and Dudhkosi
References
- ↑ Thulung at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Thulung". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Nishi 西, Yoshio 義郎 (1989c). "トゥルン語" [Thulung, Thulunge, Thulungye, (LSI) Thūlung, Thulung Rai; Deusali]. In 亀井 Kamei, 孝 Takashi; 河野 Kōno, 六郎 Rokurō; 千野 Chino, 栄一 Eichi. 三省堂言語学大辞典 The Sanseido Encyclopaedia of Linguistics (in Japanese). 2. Tokyo: 三省堂 Sanseido Press. pp. 1269a–1278b. ISBN 4385152160.
External links
- Allen, N.J. Sketch of Thulung Grammar: with three texts and a glossary. Cornell East Asia Series. Ithaca, New York, 1975. (Full text.)
| Official language | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indigenous languages |
| ||||||||||||||||
This article is issued from
Wikipedia.
The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike.
Additional terms may apply for the media files.