Thulung language
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The Thulung language is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the Thulung Rai people of eastern Nepal, belonging to the Kiranti branch and known for its complex verbal morphology.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Kiranti language
ⓘ
Sino-Tibetan language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Kiranti subgroup of Sino-Tibetan ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Dumi language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Khaling language NERFINISHED ⓘ Wambule language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Nepal ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable language ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Thulung Rai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feature |
case marking
ⓘ
complex verbal morphology ⓘ number marking on verbs ⓘ person marking on verbs ⓘ rich agreement morphology ⓘ verb stem alternation ⓘ |
| glottologCode | thul1246 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Thulung Rai language
ⓘ
Thulungpan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialects | Thulung dialects ⓘ |
| hasGrammar | Thulung grammar ⓘ |
| hasLexicon | Thulung vocabulary ⓘ |
| hasPhonology | Thulung phonology ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerCommunity | Thulung-speaking villages in eastern Nepal ⓘ |
| iso639-3Code | tdh ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Kiranti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Sino-Tibetan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| morphologicalType | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| region |
Okhaldhunga District
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Solukhumbu District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Thulung Rai people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Nepal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
eastern Nepal ⓘ |
| status | minority language in Nepal ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Eastern Kiranti language ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
descriptive grammars
ⓘ
morphosyntactic studies ⓘ phonological studies ⓘ |
| typology | head-final language ⓘ |
| usedByReligion | local Kirati religious practices ⓘ |
| usedIn | oral tradition of Thulung Rai people ⓘ |
| wordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Devanagari script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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