Dumi language

Dumi
Region	Khotang district, Nepal
Ethnicity	Dumi Rai
Native speakers	7,600 (2011 census)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan 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 (Ethnologue).

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

Phonology

Consonants

		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

External links

• Himalayan Languages Project
• Jalapa, Nepal