Sunwar
Sunwar is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Nepal. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Sunuwar, or Koinch (कोइँच; kõich; other spellings are Koinch and Koincha), is a Kiranti language of the Sino-Tibetan language family spoken in Nepal and India by the Sunuwar people. It was first comprehensively attested by the Himalayan Languages Project. It is also known as Kõits Lo (कोइँच लो ; kõica lo), Kiranti-Kõits (किराँती-कोइँच ; kirā̃tī-kõich), and Mukhiya (मुखिया ; mukhiyā).
The Sunuwar language is one of the smaller members of the Tibeto-Burman language family. About 40,000 speakers are residing in eastern Nepal.
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Words in Sunwar
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | मिश | |
| person | mur* | |
| name | ne* | |
| eye | mikci* | |
| ear | nopha* | |
| nose | ne* | |
| tooth | khruy* | |
| tongue | le* | |
| hand | guy* | |
| bone | ruS* | |
| skin | kusul* | |
| knee | pokci* | |
| breast | kucu* | |
| liver | audi* | |
| water | वाँकु | vā̃ku |
| fire | mi* | |
| sun | na* | |
| star | tara* | |
| stone | phullu* | |
| mountain | pahadra* | |
| tree | rawa* | |
| leaf | sapha* | |
| night | nakdo* | |
| dog | kucum* | |
| fish | maca* | |
| louse | ri* | |
| one | ka* | |
| two | nikSi* | |
| I | go* | |
| you | ge* |
* 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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