Doteli language

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Doteli language is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the far-western regions of Nepal, closely related to other Khas languages such as Nepali.

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Doteli language canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan language
Khas language
alternativeName Doteli NERFINISHED
Dotyali language NERFINISHED
Dotyālī
closelyRelatedTo Garhwali language NERFINISHED
Khas Kura NERFINISHED
Kumaoni language NERFINISHED
Nepali language NERFINISHED
hasAncestralForm Old Khas language
hasDialects local varieties by district in Far-Western Nepal
hasGrammaticalFeature SOV word order
ergative alignment in past transitive constructions
postpositions instead of prepositions
hasPhonologicalFeature aspirated and unaspirated stops
contrast between dental and retroflex stops
ISO639-3Code dty
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages
Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European languages

Indo-Iranian languages
Northern Indo-Aryan languages NERFINISHED
Pahari languages NERFINISHED
primaryCountry Nepal NERFINISHED
region Far-Western Development Region of Nepal NERFINISHED
Himalayan foothills
scriptDirection left-to-right
sharesVocabularyWith Nepali language NERFINISHED
other Khas languages
spokenIn Achham District NERFINISHED
Baitadi District NERFINISHED
Bajhang District NERFINISHED
Bajura District NERFINISHED
Dadeldhura District NERFINISHED
Darchula District NERFINISHED
Doti District NERFINISHED
Far-Western Nepal NERFINISHED
India
Kailali District NERFINISHED
Kanchanpur District NERFINISHED
Nepal NERFINISHED
Sudurpashchim Province NERFINISHED
Uttarakhand NERFINISHED
status regional language in Nepal
usedBy Doteli people NERFINISHED
usedFor daily communication
folk songs
local media
oral literature
writingSystem Devanagari script NERFINISHED

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Khas associatedLanguage Doteli language