Gurung

E237478
Sino-Tibetan language language

Gurung is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken primarily by the Gurung ethnic community from the Himalayan regions of Nepal and its diaspora, including Nepali Americans.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Gurung canonical 15
Eastern Gurung 1
Northern Gurung 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sino-Tibetan language ⓘ
language ⓘ
altName Tamu ⓘ
Tamu Kyi ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Nepal ⓘ
ethnicAssociation Gurung people ⓘ
surface form: Gurung ethnic group
hasCommunity Gurung people ⓘ
surface form: Gurung community in Nepal

Gurung community in the United States ⓘ
Gurung people ⓘ
surface form: Gurung diaspora
hasDialect Gurung self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Gurung

Gurung self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Northern Gurung

Gurung self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Southern Gurung

Gurung people ⓘ
surface form: Western Gurung
hasEndangermentStatus vulnerable ⓘ
hasLanguageContactWith English ⓘ
Magar ⓘ
Nepali ⓘ
Tamang ⓘ
hasMorphologyType agglutinative ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature tonal contrasts in some dialects ⓘ
hasReligionAssociation Buddhism ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
hasScriptUsage often written in Latin script in diaspora communities ⓘ
primarily written in Devanagari in Nepal ⓘ
hasStatus minority language in Nepal ⓘ
hasWordOrder SOV ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Devanagari script ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script
ISO639-3 gvr ⓘ
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ
surface form: Sino-Tibetan
region Gandaki Province ⓘ
central Nepal ⓘ
western Nepal ⓘ
spokenBy Gurung people ⓘ
Nepali American ⓘ
surface form: Nepali Americans

Nepalese diaspora ⓘ
surface form: Nepali diaspora
spokenIn Himalayan region of Nepal ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ
subfamilyOf Tibeto-Burman languages ⓘ
usedFor daily communication ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
rituals and ceremonies ⓘ
usedIn Gurung cultural festivals ⓘ
Gurung folk songs ⓘ
Gurung oral literature ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nepali American → languageSpoken → Gurung ⓘ
Nepali American → hasEthnicOrigin → Gurung ⓘ
Province 5 → hasEthnicDiversity → Gurung ⓘ
Sankhuwasabha District → hasEthnicGroup → Gurung ⓘ
Gandaki Province → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Gurung ⓘ
Annapurna Conservation Area → containsCommunity → Gurung ⓘ
Gurung → hasDialect → Gurung self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Gurung
Gurung → hasDialect → Gurung self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Gurung
Gurung → hasDialect → Gurung self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Gurung
Pokhara → hasEthnicGroups → Gurung ⓘ
Mansiri Himal → hasLanguageRegion → Gurung ⓘ
Baglung District → majorEthnicGroups → Gurung ⓘ
Parbat District → hasMajorEthnicGroups → Gurung ⓘ
Rupandehi District → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Gurung ⓘ
Chitwan District → hasEthnicGroup → Gurung ⓘ
Tanahun District → hasEthnicGroup → Gurung ⓘ
Gorkha District → ethnicGroups → Gurung ⓘ
Nawalpur District → hasLocalLanguages → Gurung ⓘ