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Jumli language

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Jumli
RegionNepal
Native speakers
40,000 (2001)[1]
Devanagari
Language codes
ISO 639-3jml
Glottologjuml1238

Jumli is a language of Nepal closely related to Nepali, and sometimes considered a dialect of it, though they are not close enough to understand complex discourse. Dialects include Chaudhabis, Sinja, Asi and Paanchsai.[1]

The 2011 Nepal census put the number of native speakers at 851.

References

  1. ^ a b Simons, Gary F; Fennig, Charles D, eds. (2018). Ethnologue: Languages of the World (21st ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International.