Thangmi
Thangmi is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in China, India, Nepal, and Bhutan. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Thangmi, also called Thāmī, Thangmi Kham, Thangmi Wakhe, and Thani, is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in central-eastern Nepal and northeastern India by the Thami people. The Thami refer to their language as Thangmi Kham or Thangmi Wakhe while the rest of Nepal refers to it as Thāmī. The majority of these speakers, however, live in Nepal in their traditional homeland of Dolakhā District. In India, the Thami population is concentrated mostly in Darjeeling. The Thangmi language is written using the Devanagari script. Thangmi has been extensively documented by Mark Turin.
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Words in Thangmi
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | mi* | |
| name | name* | |
| eye | mesek* | |
| ear | kulna* | |
| nose | Cidthadhorod* | |
| tooth | suba* | |
| tongue | Cile* | |
| hand | lak* | |
| blood | Coi* | |
| bone | koSa* | |
| skin | sebi* | |
| knee | pokolek* | |
| breast | CyoCyo* | |
| liver | Carda* | |
| water | paŋku | |
| fire | me* | |
| sun | uni* | |
| star | uChi* | |
| stone | lyud* | |
| mountain | Cyuri* | |
| tree | pole* | |
| leaf | aja* | |
| night | ta* | |
| dog | kuCu* | |
| fish | naNa* | |
| louse | sirik* | |
| one | di* | |
| two | nis* | |
| I | gai* | |
| you | naN* |
* 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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