Region Nepal, Tibet, Bhutan Dialects Sunuwar proper Glottolog sunw1242 | Native speakers 38,000 (2011) ISO 639-3 suz | |
Language family Sino-Tibetan
Mahakiranti ?
Kiranti
Western Kiranti
Northwestern Kiranti (Sunuwar Kõits)
Sunuwar | ||
Sunuwar, or Kõinch (कोँइच; kõica; other spellings are Koinch and Koincha), is a Kiranti language spoken in Nepal by the Sunuwar 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).
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Geographical distribution
Sunuwar is spoken in the following locations of Nepal (Ethnologue).
Vocabulary
Seu+wa+la (Sewala)
Area
Sunuwar is spoken in villages in the districts of Ramechap and Okhaldhunga, about 120 kilometers east of Kathmandu.
Writing systems
Though Sunuwar is most commonly written with the Devanagari script, a native writing system, Jenticha, has seen limited use since the 1940s.
References
Sunwar language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA