Dumi language
E572261
Dumi language is a Kiranti language of the Sino-Tibetan family spoken by the Dumi people in eastern Nepal.
Statements (28)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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