Thulung language

Thulung or Thulung luwa (थुलुङ लुवा) is a Kirati (किराती) language or Rai (किराती राई भाषा) language spoken in parts of Nepal and Sikkim. It is also known as Thulunge Rai, Thulu Luwa, Thulung La, Thulung Jemu, and Toaku Lwa.Thulung.

Grammar[]

Thulung has subject-object-verb word order and does not use grammatical number. Like many SOV languages, it uses postpositions, genitives before nouns, and case suffixes. Thulung also places demonstratives and numerals before nouns.^[2]

Vocabulary[]

Geographical distribution[]

Thulung is spoken in the following locations of Nepal, all of which are located in Province No. 1 (Ethnologue).^{[citation needed]}

• Southeastern Solukhumbu District: Deusa, Lokhim, Mukli, Jubu, Tingla, Salyan, Panchan, and Necha VDC's
• Khotang District: Salle, , VDC's
• Okhaldhunga District: Kuibhir VDC (in 6 or 7 villages)
• Bhojpur District, Kosi Zone: 1 village
• West of the slopes’ highest ridges to , north of Nechedanda and Halesidanda ranges, east of upper Solu River, and south of the Kakukhola and the confluence of Ingkhukhola and Dudhkosi

References[]

• 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). 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.)

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