Also Known As:
Sunuwar, Sunbar, Sunwari, Sonowar, Sonowal, Mukhiya, Kwoico Lo, Sunuwār, Sunuvār, Koĩc, Kirānti-Kõints
Dialects & Varieties
A Grammar of Sunwar: Descriptive Grammar, Paradigms, Texts and Glossary
Borchers, Dörte. 2008. A Grammar of Sunwar: Descriptive Grammar, Paradigms, Texts and Glossary. Brill's Tibetan Studies Vol. 5. Leiden: Brill. 318pp.
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20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
25000
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speakers
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Location and Context
Countries
Nepal
Location Description
eastern Nepal, in the districts of Okhalḍhūṅgā and Rāmechāp
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Other Languages Used By The Community
Nepali
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Domains of Other Languages:
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Writing Systems
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Writing system:
Devanagari and Sunwar script
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Comments on writing systems:
traditionally not written down; Educated speakers tend to write down Sunwar using Devanagari (the writing system for Nepali) if they have to; Sunwar script invented around 1940s in Sikkim
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