Native speakers 7,600 (2011 census) Glottolog dumi1241 | ISO 639-3 dus | |
Region Khotang district, Nepal Language family Sino-Tibetan
Mahakiranti ?
Kiranti
Western
Upper Dudhkosi
Dumi | ||
Dumi is a Kiranti language spoken in the area around the Tap and Rava rivers and their confluence in northern Khotang district, Nepal. It is spoken in the villages such as Makpa, Kharbari, Baksila, Sapteshwor, and Kharmi (Ethnologue).
Dialects are Kharbari, Lamdija, and Makpa, with Makpa being the most divergent dialect (Ethnologue).
It is one of the rarest and least spoken languages in the world, with only 8 counted speakers of it in a 2007 study
References
Dumi language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA