Limbu (language)
| Limbu | ||
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Spoken in |
Nepal , Bhutan , India | |
| speaker | Estimated: around 361,000 speakers | |
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Limbu is one of the Kiranti languages , a branch of Tibetan Burmese , and is spoken by around 361,000 people in Nepal , Bhutan and India .
Limbu is divided into four dialects :
- East Limbu
- Pāñcthare
- Tamarkhole
- West Limbu
- Phedappe
- Chathare
Limbu is written in the Limbu script , Devanagari is also in use.
literature
- George van Driem: A grammar of Limbu . Mouton de Gruyter, Berlin et al. 1987, ISBN 3-11-011282-5 , ( Mouton grammar library 4).
Web links
- Sound documents in Limbu (page in French, interlinear translation in English)