Kulung (Nepal)
Kulung (Nepal) is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in India and Nepal. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Kulung (autonym: Kulu riŋ, [kulu rɪŋ]) is one of the Kiranti languages. It is spoken by an estimated 33,000 people. Van Driem (2001) includes Chukwa as a dialect.
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Words in Kulung (Nepal)
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | waCha* | |
| name | ni* | |
| eye | muksi* | |
| ear | nobo* | |
| nose | nap* | |
| tooth | ka* | |
| tongue | lem* | |
| hand | hu* | |
| blood | hi* | |
| bone | tupri* | |
| skin | sokowar* | |
| knee | tumchi* | |
| breast | cu* | |
| liver | luma* | |
| water | kawa* | |
| fire | mi* | |
| sun | nam* | |
| star | soger* | |
| stone | lu* | |
| mountain | bur* | |
| tree | sicho* | |
| leaf | sibo* | |
| night | sepa* | |
| dog | kheba* | |
| fish | a* | |
| louse | si* | |
| one | ibum* | |
| two | niji* | |
| I | koN* | |
| we | kas* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
Grammar
- KhalingSino-Tibetan85% alike
- BantawaSino-Tibetan85% alike
- YamphuSino-Tibetan84% alike
- Calderón Highland QuichuaQuechuan84% alike
- Peripheral MongolianMongolic-Khitan83% alike
- ThangmiSino-Tibetan82% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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