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Gurung

Gurung is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Nepal, India, and Bhutan. Glottolog rates it shifting.

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Gurung · 27.4°N 86.3°E

Gurung (Devanagari: गुरुङ), also known as Tamu Kyi (तमु क्यी, tamu kyī; Tibetan: རྟམུ་སྐད་) or Tamu Bhāṣā (तमु भाषा, tamu bhāṣā), is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the Gurung people of Nepal. The total number of all Gurung speakers in Nepal was 227,918 in 1991 and 325,622 in 2011.

The official language of Nepal, Nepali, is an Indo-Aryan language, whereas Gurung is a Sino-Tibetan language. Gurung is one of the major languages of Nepal, and is also spoken in India, Bhutan, and by diaspora communities in places such as Singapore and Hong Kong.

From Wikipedia · Gurung language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Gurung

MeaningWordRomanization
personmih*
namemi*
eyemiq*
earnah*
nosenakhuq*
toothsa*
tonguelaq*
handyo*
bloodkoq*
bonerihba*
skinTuhbi*
kneetsyih*
breastngah*
liveruiqda*
waterkyuq*
firemi*
suntihya*
starmusaqra*
stonengyuqma*
mountaindadan*
treedhuq*
leafpoh*
nightmwihsa*
dognagi*
fishtaqge*
lousesyeq*
oneghiriq*
twongihq*
Inga*
youkig*

* 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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