Thulung language

{{Short description|Sino-Tibetan language of Nepal and India}}

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{{Infobox language

|name=Thulung

|nativename={{lang|tdh|थुलुङ}}

|region=Nepal, India

|speakers={{sigfig|20,700|2}}

|date=2011

|ref=e25

|familycolor=Sino-Tibetan

|fam2=Tibeto-Burman

|fam3=Mahakiranti (?)

|fam4=Kiranti

|fam5=Western

|fam6=Midwestern

|iso3=tdh

|glotto=thul1246

|glottorefname=Thulung

}}

Thulung or Thulung lwa ({{lang|tdh|थुलुङ ल्वा}}) is a Sino-Tibetan Kirati languages or Thulung language spoken in parts of Nepal and Sikkim.

References

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Sources

  • {{Cite thesis |last=Lahaussois |first=Aimée |title=Aspects of the Grammar of Thulung Rai: An Endangered Himalayan Language |date=2002 |degree=Ph.D. |publisher=University of California, Berkeley |url=https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6b17v2kq }}
  • {{cite encyclopedia

| last = Nishi 西

| first = Yoshio 義郎

| author-link = Yoshio Nishi

| editor1-first = 孝 Takashi

| editor1-last = 亀井 Kamei

| editor2-first = 六郎 Rokurō

| editor2-last = 河野 Kōno

| editor3-first = 栄一 Eichi

| editor3-last = 千野 Chino

| encyclopedia = 三省堂言語学大辞典 The Sanseido Encyclopaedia of Linguistics

| title = トゥルン語

| trans-title = Thulung, Thulunge, Thulungye, (LSI) Thūlung, Thulung Rai; Deusali

| language = ja

| year = 1989c

| publisher = 三省堂 Sanseido Press

| volume = 2

| location = Tokyo

| isbn = 4385152160

| pages = 1269a-1278b

}}