Tilung
Tilung is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Nepal. Glottolog rates it nearly extinct.
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Tilung (Nepali: तिलुङ) is a moribund Kiranti language spoken in Nepal. According to Opgenort (2011, 2013), Tilung occupies an independent position within the Kiranti language family, and can be placed roughly between the Western languages Thulung, Khaling and Dumi, on the one side, and the Southern Central Kiranti languages Kulung, Chamling and Bantawa, on the other. Even though Tilung is spoken directly to the south of the Wambule speaking area, Tilung and Wambule are not mutually intelligible. The Choskule and Dorungkecha "dialects" may be related languages.
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Words in Tilung
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | minna* | |
| name | nuN* | |
| eye | mikci* | |
| ear | naphrum* | |
| nose | naripum* | |
| tooth | Ni* | |
| tongue | lem* | |
| hand | nugum* | |
| blood | hi* | |
| bone | seluwa* | |
| skin | kaNma* | |
| knee | paNra* | |
| liver | botokhui* | |
| water | ku* | |
| fire | myaN* | |
| sun | nom* | |
| star | itipa* | |
| stone | luNtaN* | |
| tree | salawa* | |
| leaf | labu* | |
| night | beluka* | |
| dog | khlica* | |
| fish | Noiso* | |
| louse | sir* | |
| one | iya* | |
| two | dui* | |
| I | uNgo* | |
| you | igo* | |
| we | icuN* | |
| drink | duN* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Grammar
- BaraamuSino-Tibetan89% alike
- Southern GhaleSino-Tibetan88% alike
- YankunytjatjaraPama-Nyungan88% alike
- Zeme NagaSino-Tibetan86% alike
- EtruscanIsolates85% alike
- Phom NagaSino-Tibetan85% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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