Sunwar language

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Sunuwar
Region Nepal, India, Bhutan
Native speakers
27,000  (2001 census)[1]
Sino-Tibetan
Dialects
Sunwar proper
Surel
Language codes
ISO 639-3 suz

Sunuwar is a Kiranti Kõits Loh spoken in Nepal by the Sunuwar people. It was first comprehensively attested by the Himalayan Languages Project.

Vocabulary

Namasewal = Namaste

Maar = What

DohPachaa = How to..

DohShow = How much..

DohMoh = How big.....

Goh = I, Geh =You, GohPukey = We are,

Daarshow = Beautiful, MaDaarshow = Ugly, ... Etc

Numerals:-

1=Ichi or Ka, 2= Ni or Nishi, 3= Saa or San, Saam, 4=Le, 5 =Nga, 6=Ruku or Roku, 7=Chani, 8=Sasi, 9=van, 10=Gau

References

  1. Sunuwar reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)

Sunuwar script

sunuwar script

External links


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