Sunwar language
Kiranti language of Nepal and India / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sunuwar, Sunuwar, or Kõinch (कोँइच; kõich; other spellings are Koinch and Koincha), is a Kiranti language of the Sino-Tibetan language family spoken in Nepal and India by the Sunuwar people. It was first comprehensively attested by the Himalayan Languages Project. It is also known as Kõits Lo (कोँइच लो ; kõica lo), Kiranti-Kõits (किराँती-कोँइच ; kirā̃tī-kõich), Mukhiya (मुखिया ; mukhiyā).[2][3]
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Sunuwar | |
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सुनुवार, कोँइच, किराँती-कोँइच, मुखिया | |
Region | Nepal; India (Sikkim and West Bengal) |
Ethnicity | Sunuwar |
Native speakers | 37,898 (2011)[1] |
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Devanagari Sunuwar (Sikkim, India) Tikamuli (2005) | |
Official status | |
Official language in | India
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | suz |
Glottolog | sunw1242 |
ELP | Sunwar |
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The Sunwar language is one of the smaller members of the Tibeto-Burman language family. About 40,000 speakers are residing in eastern Nepal.