Sunwar (language)

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Sunuwar greeting

Sunwar , Sunuwar , or Kõits ( कोँइच ; kõica; also Koinch and Koincha) is a Kiranti language spoken by the Sunwar in Nepal and parts of Sikkim . It was the first language to be extensively attested by the Himalayan Languages ​​Project . Other names are Kõits Lo ( कोँइच लो ; kõica lo), Kiranti-Kõits ( किराँती-कोँइच ; kirā̃tī-kõica), Mukhiya ( मुखिया ; mukhiyā).

vocabulary

Seu + wa + la (Sewala)

Sunuwar English
Seu (Greetings) / (Respect) / I bow to you
Maar What
Dohshow how much
Dohmoh how large
Go I
Gopuki we are
Ge you
Gepukhi you are
Goi You (politely)
GoiPuki you are
Daarshow beautiful
MaDarshow ugly

distribution

Sunwar is mainly spoken in the Sunwar region, which the speakers themselves call Koĩc . Sunwar is located in the districts of Rāmechāp and Okhalḍhūngā, 120 km east of Kathmandu.

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Although Sunwar is predominantly written in the Devanagari script , there is also a separate writing system, Jenticha , which has only been in use to a limited extent since the 1940s.

Numbers and Alphabet (Devanagari)

Numerals

1 ichi / kaa 2 ni / nishi 3 sa / saam 4th le 5 nga
6th ruku / roku 7th chani 8th sasi 9 van 10 gau

Vowels

अ a आ - इ i ई ī उ u ऊ ū
ए e ऎ ai ओ O औ ouch ऑ nec ऒ Aha

Consonants

क ka ख kha ग ga घ gha ङ n / A च approx छ cha ज Yes झ jha
ञ n / A ट ṭa ठ ṭha ड there ढ ḍha ण n / A त ta थ tha द there
ध dha न n / A प pa फ pha ब ba भ bha म ma य ya र ra
ल la व va श śa ष ṣa स sa ह Ha व्ह hha

Web links

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  1. ↑ Simon Ager: Jenticha alphabet, and the Sunuwar language . Omniglot. Retrieved August 25, 2014.
  2. ↑ a b Dörte Borchers: A grammar of Sunwar: descriptive grammar, paradigms, texts and glossary , [online edition] .. Edition, Brill, Leiden 2008, ISBN 9789004167094 , pp. 1–2 (accessed on August 25, 2014 ).