Thulung language

Thulung or Thulung luwa (थुलुङ लुवा) is a Sino-Tibetan Kirati languages or Thulung language spoken in parts of Nepal and Sikkim.

Thulung
थुलुङ
Region	Nepal, India
Native speakers	21,000 (2011)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Mahakiranti (?) Kiranti Western Midwestern Thulung
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tdh
Glottolog	thul1246
ELP	Thulung

१) भात खाने? = जाम पेपा? २) तरकारी खाने? = के पेपा? ३) यो कस्को हो? = ओराम स्युकाम? ४) कता जानुभयो? = बान्था लक्मिरिम?

WORDS

१) Door - ढोका = लाम्चोको २) Good - राम्रो = ज्योप्पा ३) Beauty - राम्री = ज्योप्सिमा ४) Be - हुनु = छ ५) Wash - धुनु = स्योल्मु ६) Teach - सिकाउनु = सिमु ७) I - म = गो ८) Speak - बोल्नु = जेमु ९) Beat - कुट्नु = योल्मु १०) Song - गित = काम्सो

Sources

• Lahaussois, Aimée (2002). Aspects of the Grammar of Thulung Rai: An Endangered Himalayan Language (Ph.D. thesis). University of California, Berkeley.

• Nishi 西, Yoshio 義郎 (1989c). "トゥルン語" [Thulung, Thulunge, Thulungye, (LSI) Thūlung, Thulung Rai; Deusali]. In 亀井 Kamei, 孝 Takashi; 河野 Kōno, 六郎 Rokurō; 千野 Chino, 栄一 Eichi (eds.). 三省堂言語学大辞典 The Sanseido Encyclopaedia of Linguistics (in Japanese). Vol. 2. Tokyo: 三省堂 Sanseido Press. pp. 1269a–1278b. ISBN 4385152160.

External links

• Allen, N.J. Sketch of Thulung Grammar: with three texts and a glossary. Cornell East Asia Series. Ithaca, New York, 1975. (Full text.)