Kusunda

Gemehaq gipan

Kusunda is a language isolate spoken in Nepal, by about 7 people. Glottolog rates it nearly extinct.

Kusunda · 28.3°N 82.6°E

An isolate: no relationship to any other known language has been demonstrated.

Kusunda or Kusanda (endonym Gemehaq gipan Kusunda: [gemʰjaχ] [gipən] ) is a language isolate spoken by a few among the Kusunda people in western and central Nepal. As of 2023, it only has a single fluent speaker, Kamala Sen-Khatri, although there are efforts underway to keep the language alive. There were 23 native speakers according to the 2021 Nepal census.

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Words in Kusunda

Meaning	Word	Romanization
person	nu*
name	gici*
eye	iN*
ear	iyu*
nose	inu*
tooth	uhu*
tongue	iNcu*
hand	awi*
blood	l3pa*
bone	guu*
skin	gid3t*
knee	upto*
breast	ambu*
liver	idu*
water	tang
fire	ca*
sun	iN*
star	sam*
stone	yeNgu*
mountain	dibaN*
tree	yi*
leaf	haq*
night	iNao*
dog	ag3i*
fish	n3sa*
louse	ki*
one	qasn*
two	dukhu*
I	ci*
you	nu*