Puma language
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| Region | Khotang district and Udayapur district, Nepal |
Native speakers | 6,700 (2011 census)[1] |
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| ISO 639-3 | pum |
| Glottolog | puma1239 |
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Puma (Puma: पुमा Pumā) is a Kiranti language spoken by about 4,310 people (Central Bureau of Statistics report 2001) in Sagarmatha Zone, Nepal. The actual population may be somewhat higher. The same term ‘Puma’ refers both to the people and the language they speak.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
The Himalayan Languages Project has produced the first grammatical sketch of Puma. Like other Kiranti languages, Puma has a maximum syllable form of (C) (G) V (C) (C) for open syllables and (N) C V C for closed syllables, where ‘G’ is a glide and ‘N’ is a nasal.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
Locations
Puma is spoken in Diplung, Mauwabote, Devisthan, Pauwasera, and Chisapani VDC's of southern Khotang District, and in Beltar and Saunechour VDC's of Udayapur District, Nepal. It is also spoken in Ruwa Khola valley to Buwa Khola, and southward across the Dudh Koshi.
Education
Puma language is taught in 14 schools of Barahapokhari and Jantedhunga Rural Municipalities of Khotang district in Nepal since 2020.[2]
References
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- ^ Puma at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Rai, Dambarsin (19 December 2020). "बराहापोखरी र जन्तेढुंगा गाउँपालिकामा पुमा भाषा पढाइ हुने". Kantipur. Archived from the original on 8 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
Bibliography
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Sharma, Narayan Prasad (2014). Morphosyntax of Puma, a Tibeto-Burman language of Nepal (Thesis). SOAS, University of London. doi:10.25501/SOAS.00018554.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Tara Mani, Rai (2017). A Sociolinguistic Survey of Puma language: A Tibeto-Burman language (PDF). Linguistic Sruvey of Nepal (LinSuN) (Thesis). Central Department of Linguistics, Tribhuvan University.
External links
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