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Dotyali

डोटेली

Dotyali is an Indo-European language spoken in Nepal, by about 790 thousand people.

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Doteli, or Dotyali (Doteli-Devanagari: डोटेली) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by about 495,000 people, most of whom live in Nepal. It is a dialect of Khas, which is an ancient form of the modern Nepali language, and is written in the Devanagari script. It has official status in Nepal as per Part 1, Section 6 of the Constitution of Nepal 2072 (2015). There are four main dialects of Doteli, namely Baitadeli, Achhami, Bajhangi Nepali, Darchuli and Doteli. The mutual intelligibility between these dialects is high and all dialects of Doteli are able to share language-based materials.

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Words in Dotyali

MeaningWordRomanization
personmontZhe*
namenou*
eyeoko*
earkon*
nosenok*
toothdot*
tonguejib3ro*
bloodr3g3t*
bonehod*
skinCholo*
kneeguno*
waterपानीpānī
fireogo*
sunsurZyE*
startoro*
treerukh*
leafpot*
nightrot*
dogkukur*
fishmaCho*
lousejoro*
Im3*
yout3m*
weh3m*
drinkpiyo*
seedhekyo*
hearsunyo*
diem3ryo*
comeoyo*
pathboto*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.

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