Thulung language

Sino-Tibetan language of Nepal and India

Thulung
थुलुङ
RegionNepal, India
Native speakers
21,000 (2011)[1]
Language family
Sino-Tibetan
  • Tibeto-Burman
    • Mahakiranti (?)
      • Kiranti
        • Western
          • Midwestern
            • Thulung
Language codes
ISO 639-3tdh
Glottologthul1246
ELPThulung

Thulung or Thulung luwa (थुलुङ लुवा) is a Kirati languages or Thulung language spoken in parts of Nepal and Sikkim.

References

  1. ^ Thulung at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon

Sources

  • Lahaussois, Aimée (2002). Aspects of the Grammar of Thulung Rai: An Endangered Himalayan Language (Ph.D. thesis). University of California, Berkeley.
  • 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 (eds.). 三省堂言語学大辞典 The Sanseido Encyclopaedia of Linguistics (in Japanese). Vol. 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.)
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