Puma
Puma is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Nepal. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Puma (Puma: पुमा Pumā) is a Kiranti language spoken by about 4,310 people (Central Bureau of Statistics report 2001) in Sagarmatha Zone, Nepal. The actual population may be somewhat higher. The same term ‘Puma’ refers both to the people and the language they speak.
The Himalayan Languages Project has produced the first grammatical sketch of Puma. Like other Kiranti languages, Puma has a maximum syllable form of (C) (G) V (C) (C) for open syllables and (N) C V C for closed syllables, where ‘G’ is a glide and ‘N’ is a nasal.
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Words in Puma
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | manne* | |
| name | naN* | |
| eye | mak* | |
| ear | noberek* | |
| nose | nobu* | |
| tooth | kaN* | |
| tongue | lem* | |
| hand | Ci* | |
| blood | hi* | |
| bone | riba* | |
| skin | hukba* | |
| knee | tumpaCak* | |
| breast | limso* | |
| liver | pom* | |
| water | bo* | |
| fire | mi* | |
| sun | nam* | |
| stone | luNbo* | |
| tree | taN* | |
| leaf | bok* | |
| night | kakhokhut* | |
| dog | khipo* | |
| fish | moCo* | |
| louse | sit* | |
| one | ak* | |
| two | as* | |
| I | No* | |
| you | khanno* | |
| we | ke* | |
| drink | duN* |
* 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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