Dumi language
| Dumi | |
|---|---|
| Region | Khotang district, Nepal |
| Ethnicity | Dumi Rai. Ethnic population: 7,640 (2011 census)[1] |
| Speakers | Native: 2,500 (2017)[1] L2: 1,000 (2011 census)[1] |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | dus |
| Glottolog | dumi1241 |
| ELP | Dumi |
Dumi is a
Sapteshwor, and Kharmi.[citation needed
]
Dialects are Kharbari, Lamdija, and Makpa, with Makpa being the most divergent dialect.[1]
Phonology
| Labial | Dental | Lamino- alveolopalatal |
Alveolar | Dorsal | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nasal
|
m | n
|
ŋ | ||||
| Plosive/ Affricate |
voiceless | p | t̪
|
t
|
k | ʔ | |
| voiceless aspirated | pʰ | t̪ʰ | tʰ | kʰ | |||
| voiced | b | d̪
|
dz | d
|
ɡ | ||
| voiced aspirated | bʱ | d̪ʰ | dʱ | ɡʱ | |||
| Fricative | s | h | |||||
| Trill | r
|
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| Approximant | w | l
|
j | ||||
| Front | Central | Back | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Short | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | |
| High | i | iː | ɨ | u | uː | |
| Mid | e | eː | o | oː | ||
| Mid-low | œ | ə | ||||
| Low | a | aː | ||||
| Diphthongs | əj | e:j | ai | oj | o:ə | |
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e Dumi at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ISBN 9783110880915.
External links
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