Dumi is a
Kiranti language
The Kiranti languages are a major family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in Nepal and India (notably Sikkim, Darjeeling, Kalimpong, and Kumai) by the Kirati people.
External relationships
George van Driem had formerly proposed that the Kiran ...
spoken in the area around the Tap and Rava rivers and their confluence in northern
Khotang district
Khotang District ( ne, खोटाङ जिल्ला) is one of 14 districts of Province No. 1 of eastern Nepal. The district, with Diktel as its district headquarters, covers an area of and has a population (2021) of 206,312.[Nepal
Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is ma ...]
.
[ It is spoken in the villages such as Makpa, Kharbari, ]Baksila
Baksila is a village and village development committee in Khotang District in the Sagarmatha Zone of eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3,996 persons living in 796 individual households. Baksila is a five ...
, Sapteshwor, and Kharmi
Kharmi is a town and Village Development Committee in Khotang District in the Sagarmatha Zone of eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census
The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau ...
.
Dialects are Kharbari, Lamdija, and Makpa, with Makpa being the most divergent dialect.[
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Phonology
See also
*Jalapa, Nepal
Jalapa is a village and also the Village Development Committee of Khotang District in the Sagarmatha Zone of eastern Nepal is located here. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census
The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducte ...
References
External links
Himalayan Languages Project
Kiranti languages
Languages of Nepal
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