Sunwar (language)
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 |
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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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- ↑ Simon Ager: Jenticha alphabet, and the Sunuwar language . Omniglot. Retrieved August 25, 2014.
- ↑ 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 ).