Dumi
Dumi is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Nepal. Glottolog rates it nearly extinct.
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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.
Dialects are Kharbari, Lamdija, and Makpa, with Makpa being the most divergent dialect.
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Words in Dumi
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | mitsɨm | |
| person | mi* | |
| name | mo7o* | |
| eye | miksi* | |
| ear | Nitso* | |
| nose | nu* | |
| tooth | Nilo* | |
| tongue | lem* | |
| hand | khir* | |
| blood | hi* | |
| bone | salu* | |
| skin | s3kk3* | |
| knee | gutna* | |
| breast | lalsu* | |
| liver | lum* | |
| water | kaŋkɨ | |
| fire | mi* | |
| sun | nam* | |
| stone | lu* | |
| mountain | li7m* | |
| tree | bhu* | |
| leaf | pho* | |
| night | sina* | |
| dog | khibi* | |
| fish | Ni* | |
| louse | ser* | |
| one | tik* | |
| two | sak* | |
| I | aN* | |
| you | an* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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