Dumi | |
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Region | Khotang district, Nepal |
Ethnicity | Dumi kirat. Ethnic population: 7,640 (2011 census) [1] |
Speakers | Native: 2,500 (2017)
[1] L2: 1,000 (2011 census) [1] |
Sino-Tibetan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
dus |
Glottolog |
dumi1241 |
ELP | Dumi |
Dumi is a Kiranti language spoken in the area around the Tap and Rava rivers and their confluence in northern Khotang district, Nepal. [1] It is spoken in the villages such as Makpa, Kharbari, Baksila, Sapteshwor, and Kharmi.[ citation needed]
Dialects are Kharbari, Lamdija, and Makpa, with Makpa being the most divergent dialect. [1]
Labial | Dental | Lamino- alveolopalatal |
Alveolar | Dorsal | Glottal | ||
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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 | ||||||
Approximant | w | l | j |
Front | Central | Back | ||||
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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 |