Dumi language

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Dumi language is a Kiranti language of the Sino-Tibetan family spoken by the Dumi people in eastern Nepal.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Kiranti language
Sino-Tibetan language
language
alternativeName Dumi Bo’o NERFINISHED
Dumi Bo’ong
Dumi Bo’oŋ
Dumi Kha NERFINISHED
Lsi Rai NERFINISHED
Ro’ong
continent Asia
country Nepal
endangermentCause language shift to Nepali
ethnicGroup Dumi people NERFINISHED
family Sino-Tibetan language family NERFINISHED
hasDialects several local varieties in eastern Nepal
ISO639-3 dus
languageStatus endangered language
linguisticClassification Sino-Tibetan → Tibeto-Burman → Kiranti → Southern Kiranti (approximate)
morphology verb-final with complex verbal morphology (approximate)
neighboringLanguages other Kiranti languages of eastern Nepal
phonology contrastive tone not generally reported (approximate)
primaryUse oral communication
region eastern Nepal
scriptUsage Devanagari used in educational and religious contexts (approximate)
spokenBy Dumi people NERFINISHED
subfamily Kiranti NERFINISHED
typology agglutinative language
writingSystem Devanagari script

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Kiranti languages hasMember Dumi language