Sunwar language
| Sunwar | |
|---|---|
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| Region | Nepal, India, Bhutan |
Native speakers | 38,000 (2011)[1] |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | suz |
| Glottolog | sunw1242 |
| ELP | Sunwar |
Sunwar, Sunuwar, or Kõits (कोँइच; kõica; other spellings are Koinch and Koincha) is a Kiranti language spoken in Nepal by the Sunwar people. It was first comprehensively attested by the Himalayan Languages Project. It is also known as Kõits Lo (कोँइच लो ; kõica lo), Kiranti-Kõits (किराँती-कोँइच ; kirā̃tī-kõica), Mukhiya (मुखिया ; mukhiyā).[2][3]
Geographical distribution
Sunwar is spoken in the following locations of Nepal (Ethnologue).
- Eastern hills of Dolakha District and Ramechhap District, Janakpur Zone
- Northwestern Okhaldhunga District, Sagarmatha Zone
Vocabulary
Seu+wa+la (Sewala)
| Sunuwar | English |
|---|---|
| Namsewal | Namaste |
| Seu | (Respect) / (Greeting) / I bow to you |
| Maar | What |
| Dohpachaa | How to |
| Dohshow | How much |
| Dohmoh | How big |
| Go | I |
| Gopuki | We are |
| Ge | You (informal) |
| Gepukhi | You are (informal) |
| Goi | You (formal) |
| GoiPuki | You are (formal) |
| Daarshow | Beautiful |
| MaDarshow | Ugly |
Area
Sunwar is spoken in villages in the districts of Ramechap and Okhaldhunga, about 120 kilometers east of Kathmandu.[3]
Writing systems
Though Sunwar is most commonly written with the Devanagari script, a native writing system, Jenticha, has seen limited use since the 1940s.
Numerals and alphabet (Devanagari)
Numerals
| 1 | ichi/kaa | 2 | ni/nishi | 3 | sa/saam | 4 | le | 5 | nga |
| 6 | ruku/roku | 7 | chani | 8 | sasi | 9 | van | 10 | gau |
Vowels
| अ | a | आ | ā | इ | i | ई | ī | उ | u | ऊ | ū |
| ए | e | ऎ | ai | ओ | o | औ | au | ऑ | ang | ऒ | aha |
Consonants
| क | ka | ख | kha | ग | ga | घ | gha | ङ | ṅa | च | ca | छ | cha | ज | ja | झ | jha |
| ञ | ña | ट | ṭa | ठ | ṭha | ड | ḍa | ढ | ḍha | ण | ṇa | त | ta | थ | tha | द | da |
| ध | dha | न | na | प | pa | फ | pha | ब | ba | भ | bha | म | ma | य | ya | र | ra |
| ल | la | व | va | श | śa | ष | ṣa | स | sa | ह | ha | व्ह | hha |
References
- ^ Sunwar at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Ager, Simon. "Jenticha alphabet, and the Sunuwar language". Omniglot. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
- ^ a b Borchers, Dörte (2008). A grammar of Sunwar : descriptive grammar, paradigms, texts and glossary ([Online-Ausg.]. ed.). Leiden: Brill. pp. 1–2. ISBN 9789004167094.
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