Dura
PrintA language of Nepal
ISO 639-3
Population
No known L1 speakers. Ethnic population: 3,400 (2001 census).
Location
Gandaki Zone, Lamjung district, Dura Danda.
Language Status
9 (Dormant). Language of recognized nationality (2002, NFDIN Act, No. 20, Section 2C).
Typology
SOV; postpositions; noun head final; no noun classes or genders; content q-word in situ; 1 prefix, up to 3 suffixes; clause constituents indicated by case-marking; ergativity; tense (2) and aspect; no passives or voice; nontonal; 37 consonant and 6 vowel phonemes
Language Use
Shifted to Nepali [npi].
Language Resources
Writing
Unwritten.
Tandrange may be a dialect of Dura. Hindu, Buddhist.