Dumi language

Dumi
Region	Khotang district, Nepal
Native speakers	7,600 (2011 census)^[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Mahakiranti ? Kiranti Western Upper Dudhkosi Dumi
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`dus`
Glottolog	`dumi1241`^[2]

Dumi is a Kiranti language spoken in the area around the Tap and Rava rivers and their confluence in Khotang district, Nepal.

References

↑ Dumi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Dumi". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

van Driem, George. 1988. 'The verbal morphology of Dumi Rai simplicia', Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area, 11 (1): 134-207.
van Driem, George. 1989. 'Reflexes of the Tibeto-Burman *⟨-t⟩ directive suffix in Dumi Rai', pp. 157–167 in David Bradley, Eugénie Henderson and Martine Mazaudon, eds., Prosodic Analysis and Asian Linguistics: To Honour R.K. Sprigg. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
van Driem, George. 1993. A Grammar of Dumi. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.

External links

Himalayan Languages Project

Kiranti languages

Western	Thulung Wambule Jerung Khaling Dumi Koi Bahing Sunwar Vayu Tilung

Central	Kulung Nachhiring Sampang Saam Bantawa Puma Chamling Dungmali

Eastern	Yakkha Lumba-Yakkha Lambichhong Belhare Athpare Chintang Chulung Yamphu Lohorung Mewahang Waling? Limbu

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