Tamu Kyi

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Tamu Kyi is the native language of the Gurung people, an ethnic group primarily residing in the Himalayan regions of Nepal.

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Label Occurrences
Tamu Kyi canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Tibeto-Burman language
language
alternateName Gurung language NERFINISHED
closelyRelatedTo Magar language NERFINISHED
Tamang language NERFINISHED
country Nepal
culturalSignificance carrier of Gurung oral history
marker of Gurung identity
endangermentStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroup Gurung people NERFINISHED
hasDialects various regional dialects
hasGlottocode guru1261
hasISO639-3Code gvr
hasMorphologyType agglutinative
hasPhonologicalFeature tonal contrasts in some dialects
hasWordOrder SOV
hasWritingSystem Devanagari script NERFINISHED
Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages
Tibeto-Burman languages
nativeName तामु क्यी NERFINISHED
primarySpeakersLocation central Nepal
western Nepal
region Himalayan region of Nepal
Nepal NERFINISHED
spokenBy Gurung people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Baglung District NERFINISHED
Gandaki Province NERFINISHED
Gorkha District NERFINISHED
Kaski District NERFINISHED
Lamjung District NERFINISHED
Manang District NERFINISHED
Parbat District NERFINISHED
Syangja District NERFINISHED
Tanahun District NERFINISHED
status minority language in Nepal
subjectOf language preservation efforts
linguistic documentation projects
usedAlongside Nepali language NERFINISHED
usedFor daily communication among Gurung people
folk songs
oral tradition
rituals
usedIn Gurung cultural practices
Gurung festivals
Gurung religious ceremonies
writingSystemStatus partly standardized

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Gurung altName Tamu Kyi