43 relations: Affix, Allomorph, Athpare language, Bahing language, Bantawa language, Belhare language, Chamling language, Chintang language, Chulung language, Darjeeling, Dumi language, Dungmali language, Jerung language, Khaling language, Kiranti languages, Kirati people, Koi language, Kulung language, Limbu language, Limbu people, Lohorung language, Mahakiranti languages, Mewahang language, Morpheme, Nachhiring language, Nepal, Portmanteau, Puma language, Rai people, Rung languages, Saam language, Sampang language, Sikkim, Sino-Tibetan languages, Sunuwar people, Sunwar language, Thulung language, Tilung language, Vayu language, Wambule language, Yakkha, Yakkha language, Yamphu language.
Affix
In linguistics, an affix is a morpheme that is attached to a word stem to form a new word or word form.
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Allomorph
In linguistics, an allomorph is a variant form of a morpheme, that is, when a unit of meaning varies in sound without changing the meaning.
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Athpare language
Athpare, also known as Athapre, Athpariya, Athpre, Arthare, Arthare-Khesang, or Jamindar, spelled Athpariya I to be distinguished from Belhariya (Athpariya II), is an eastern Kiranti language.
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Bahing language
Bahing (ancestor named Paiwa, Dungmowa, Rukhusalu, Waripsawa, Timriwa, Dhimriwa, Nayango, Dhayango, Khaliwa/Khaluwa, Rendukpa/Rendu, Rungbu/Rumdali) is a language spoken by 11,658 people (2011 census) of the Bahing ethnic group in Nepal.
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Bantawa language
The Bantawa language (also referred to as An Yüng, Bantaba, Bantawa Dum, Bantawa Rai, Bantawa Yong, Bantawa Yüng, Bontawa, Kirawa Yüng), is an endangered Kiranti language spoken in the eastern Himalayan hills of eastern Nepal by Bantawa ethnic groups.
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Belhare language
Belhare (Belhāreor), also known as Athpariya II (not to be confused with Athpariya I), is a Kiranti language spoken by some 2,000 people living on Belhara Hill, at the southern foothills of the Himalayas situated in the Dhankuta District, Kosi Zone in eastern Nepal.
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Chamling language
Chamling is one of the Kiranti languages spoken by the Kiranti of eastern Nepal.
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Chintang language
Chintang (Chintang: छिन्ताङ् Chintāṅ / Chhintang) is an eastern Kiranti language spoken by 5,000 to 6,000 people in Chhintang and Ahale VDC's of Dhankuta District, Koshi Zone, Nepal.
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Chulung language
Chulung (Chɨlɨng) is a Kiranti language spoken in Ankhisalla VDC, Dhankuta District, Koshi Zone, Nepal.
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Darjeeling
Darjeeling is a town and a municipality in the Indian state of West Bengal.
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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.
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Dungmali language
Dungmali, or Dungmali-Bantawa, is a Kiranti language spoken in Nepal.
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Jerung language
Jerung is a moribund Kiranti language spoken in Nepal.
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Khaling language
Khaling is a Kiranti language spoken in Solukhumbu district, Nepal and in India.
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Kiranti languages
The Kiranti languages are a major family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in Nepal, Sikkim and Darjeeling Hills by the Kirati people.
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Kirati people
The Kirati people (Sanskrit: Kirāta) (also spelled as Kirant or Kiranti) are indigenous Kirat ethnic group of the Himalayas extending eastward from Nepal into India, Bangladesh, Burma and beyond.
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Koi language
Kohi (or Koyi) is a Sino-Tibetan language belonging to the Kiranti languages spoken in the Khotang district of Nepal.
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Kulung language
Kulung (autonym: Kulu rɩŋ, kulu rɪŋ) is a Kiranti language spoken by an estimated 33,000 people.
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Limbu language
Limbu (Limbu: ᤕᤠᤰᤌᤢᤱ ᤐᤠᤴ, yakthung pān) is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the Limbu people of eastern Nepal and India (particularly Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Sikkim, Assam and Nagaland) as well as expatriate communities in Bhutan, Burma, Thailand, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Canada and the US.
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Limbu people
The Limbu (ᤕᤠᤰᤌᤢᤱ) (exonym) or Yakthung (endonym) are Kirati people indigenous and native to their homeland himalayas, hills, mountainous and plains regions of Limbuwan.
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Lohorung language
Lohorung, also spelled Lorung, Lohrung or Loharung, is a Kiranti language of eastern Nepal.
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Mahakiranti languages
The Mahakiranti or Maha-Kiranti ('Greater Kiranti') languages are a proposed intermediate level of classification of the Sino-Tibetan languages, consisting of the Kiranti languages and neighbouring languages thought to be closely related to them.
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Mewahang language
Mewahang (Meohang), or Newahang, is a Kiranti language spoken in Nepal.
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Morpheme
A morpheme is the smallest grammatical unit in a language.
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Nachhiring language
Nachhiring is a Kirati language spoken mostly in the eastern hills of Nepal.
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Nepal
Nepal (नेपाल), officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal (सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल), is a landlocked country in South Asia located mainly in the Himalayas but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain.
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Portmanteau
A portmanteau or portmanteau word is a linguistic blend of words,, p. 644 in which parts of multiple words or their phones (sounds) are combined into a new word, as in smog, coined by blending smoke and fog, or motel, from motor and hotel.
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Puma language
Puma (Puma: पुमा Pumā) is a Kiranti language spoken by about 4,310 people (Central Bureau of Statistics report 2001) in Sagarmatha Zone, Nepal.
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Rai people
The Khambu or Rai are indigenous ethnolinguistic groups of Nepal, the Indian State of Sikkim and Darjeeling Hills.
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Rung languages
The Rung languages are a proposed branch of Sino-Tibetan languages.
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Saam language
Saam, Saama Kha, is a nearly extinct Kiranti language spoken in Nepal.
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Sampang language
Sampang is a subgroup Central Kiranti.
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Sikkim
Sikkim is a state in Northeast India.
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Sino-Tibetan languages
The Sino-Tibetan languages, in a few sources also known as Trans-Himalayan, are a family of more than 400 languages spoken in East Asia, Southeast Asia and South Asia.
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Sunuwar people
The Sunuwar (Nepali: सुनुवार जाति Sunuwār Jāti) is an indigenous tribe from Nepal and some areas of India.
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Sunwar language
Sunuwar, or Kõinch (other spellings are Koinch and Koincha), is a Kiranti language spoken in Nepal by the Sunuwar people.
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Thulung language
Thulung is a Kiranti language spoken in parts of Nepal and Sikkim.
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Tilung language
Tilung is a moribund Kiranti language spoken in Nepal.
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Vayu language
Vayu (वायु), Wayu or Hayu (हायु) is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Nepal by about 1740 people in the Janakpur Zone.
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Wambule language
Wambule (translit) is the language of the Wambule Rai, one of the Kiranti (किरान्ती) tribes of eastern Nepal.
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Yakkha
Yakkha (Nepali याक्खा, Yākkhā) is an indigenous ethnic group of Nepal (identical with its Kirat family consisting of Limbu, Sunuwar, and Rai of Mongoloid physiognomy).
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Yakkha language
Yakkha (also erroneously spelled as Yakha) is a language spoken in parts of Nepal, Darjeeling district and Sikkim.
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Yamphu language
Yamphu is a Kiranti language spoken by the Yamphu, a Kiranti people of the Himalayas of Nepal.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiranti_languages