Dumi language

Dumi is a Kiranti language spoken in the area around the Tap and Rava rivers and their confluence in northern Khotang district, Nepal.[1] It is spoken in the villages such as Makpa, Kharbari, Baksila, Sapteshwor, and Kharmi.

Dumi
RegionKhotang district, Nepal
EthnicityDumi Rai. Ethnic population: 7,640 (2011 census)[1]
SpeakersNative: 2,500 (2017)[1]
L2: 1,000 (2011 census)[1]
Sino-Tibetan
Language codes
ISO 639-3dus
Glottologdumi1241
ELPDumi

Dialects are Kharbari, Lamdija, and Makpa, with Makpa being the most divergent dialect.[1]

Phonology
Consonants[2]
Labial Dental Lamino-

alveolopalatal

 Alveolar Palatal Velar Labio-Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ŋ
Plosive unaspirated p b t̪ d̪ t d k ɡ ʔ
aspirated pʰ bʰ t̪ʰ d̪ʰ tʰ dʰ kʰ ɡʰ
Affricate dz
Fricative s h
Trill r
Approximant l j w
Vowels
Front Central Back
Short Long Short Long Short Long
High i iː ɨ u u:
Mid e e: o o:
Mid-low œ ə
Low a a:
Diphthongs e:j əj ai o:ə oj

See also

References
  1. Dumi at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) closed access
  2. Driem, George van (2011-07-22). A Grammar of Dumi. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110880915.


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