Dumi language

Dumi
Region	Khotang district, Nepal
Ethnicity	Dumi kirat. Ethnic population: 7,640 (2011 census)
Speakers	Native: 2,500 (2017) L2: 1,000 (2011 census)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Mahakiranti (?) Kiranti Western Upper Dudhkosi Dumi
Language codes
ISO 639-3	dus
Glottolog	dumi1241
ELP	Dumi

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

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

Phonology

Consonants

		Labial	Dental	Lamino- alveolopalatal	Alveolar	Dorsal	Glottal
Nasal		m			n	ŋ
Plosive/ Affricate	voiceless	p	t̪		t	k	ʔ
	voiceless aspirated	pʰ	t̪ʰ		tʰ	kʰ
	voiced	b	d̪	dz	d	ɡ
	voiced aspirated	bʱ	d̪ʰ		dʱ	ɡʱ
Fricative					s		h
Trill					r
Approximant		w			l	j

Vowels

	Front		Central		Back
	Short	Long	Short	Long	Short	Long
High	i	iː	ɨ		u	uː
Mid	e	eː			o	oː
Mid-low	œ		ə
Low			a	aː
Diphthongs	əj	e:j	ai		oj	o:ə

See also

• Jalapa, Nepal

External links

• Himalayan Languages Project