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| − | '''1) Yakthung Pan/Limbu - ISO 639 lif'''This is a polysynthetic SOV language which uses both suffixation and prefixation. It is spoken by 400,000 people as a first language primarily in Eastern Nepal (Limbuwan) in the Kiranti region and in Sikkim in Eastern India with some speakers in Bhutan. Most speakers of the language also possess knowledge of Nepali, as this is the official language of Nepal. It possesses its own indigenous orthography apart from using the Devanagari script, called the Sirijanga script. Many papers and newspapers exist in the language, including a Bible in the Sirijanga script. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limbu_language) (https://www.ethnologue.com/language/lif/) | + | '''1) Yakthung Pan/Limbu - ISO 639 lif:''' This is a polysynthetic Sino-Tibetan SOV language which uses both suffixation and prefixation. It is spoken by 400,000 people as a first language primarily in Eastern Nepal (Limbuwan) in the Kiranti region and in Sikkim in Eastern India with some speakers in Bhutan. Most speakers of the language also possess knowledge of Nepali, as this is the official language of Nepal. It possesses its own indigenous orthography apart from using the Devanagari script, called the Sirijanga script. Many papers and newspapers exist in the language, including a Bible in the Sirijanga script. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limbu_language) (https://www.ethnologue.com/language/lif/) |
| − | '''2) Angami Naga/Tenyidie - ISO 639 njm'''This is | + | |
| + | '''2) Angami Naga/Tenyidie - ISO 639 njm:''' This is an agglutinative Sino-Tibetan SOV language. It is spoken by 150,000 in the state of Nagaland in India. The language contains several dialects with the one spoken in Kohima, Nagaland being standard. Most speakers also speak Assamese and English. It uses the Latin script. The Bible exists in this language. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angami_language#Tenyidie) (https://www.ethnologue.com/language/njm/) | ||
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| + | '''3) Khowar/Chitrali ISO 639 khw:''' This is an agglutinative SOV language part of the Dardic subgroup of the Indo-Aryan language family. It is spoken by 580,000 people of mainly the Kho ethnicity as also as a second language by the Kalash ethnicity. Uses the Perso-Arabic script. Retains Sanskritic grammar. khowar.com exists which documents Khowari language literature. | ||
| + | (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khowar) | ||
| + | (https://www.ethnologue.com/language/khw/) | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:35, 28 January 2025
Who I want to work with: someone who knows linguistics really well.
Languages I want to work on:
1) Yakthung Pan/Limbu - ISO 639 lif: This is a polysynthetic Sino-Tibetan SOV language which uses both suffixation and prefixation. It is spoken by 400,000 people as a first language primarily in Eastern Nepal (Limbuwan) in the Kiranti region and in Sikkim in Eastern India with some speakers in Bhutan. Most speakers of the language also possess knowledge of Nepali, as this is the official language of Nepal. It possesses its own indigenous orthography apart from using the Devanagari script, called the Sirijanga script. Many papers and newspapers exist in the language, including a Bible in the Sirijanga script. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limbu_language) (https://www.ethnologue.com/language/lif/)
2) Angami Naga/Tenyidie - ISO 639 njm: This is an agglutinative Sino-Tibetan SOV language. It is spoken by 150,000 in the state of Nagaland in India. The language contains several dialects with the one spoken in Kohima, Nagaland being standard. Most speakers also speak Assamese and English. It uses the Latin script. The Bible exists in this language. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angami_language#Tenyidie) (https://www.ethnologue.com/language/njm/)
3) Khowar/Chitrali ISO 639 khw: This is an agglutinative SOV language part of the Dardic subgroup of the Indo-Aryan language family. It is spoken by 580,000 people of mainly the Kho ethnicity as also as a second language by the Kalash ethnicity. Uses the Perso-Arabic script. Retains Sanskritic grammar. khowar.com exists which documents Khowari language literature.
(https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khowar)
(https://www.ethnologue.com/language/khw/)
