Gurung, Eastern
A language of Nepal
| Population | 227,000 (2007), decreasing. 338,925 all Gurung languages in Nepal (2001 census). |
| Region | Western Dev. region, Gandaki zone, mainly Lamjung, Tanahu, and west Gorkha districts. Possibly Manang District. |
| Language map |
Western Nepal, reference number 32 |
| Alternate names | Daduwa |
| Dialects | Lamjung Gurung, Gorkha Gurung, Tamu Kyi. Eastern and Western Gurung [gvr] do not have adequate intelligibility to handle complex and abstract discourse. Daduwa town seems central linguistically. |
| Classification | Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Himalayish, Tibeto-Kanauri, Tibetic, Tamangic |
| Language use | Home. All ages. Language reinforces ethnic membership. Nepali [nep] viewed as essential, English as economically advantageous. Also use Nepali. School graduates use some English. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L1: 30%. Literacy rate in L2: 30%. Radio programs. Bible portions: 1994. |
| Writing system | Devanagari script. |
| Comments | Gurung recognized as an official nationality. SOV; postpositions; genitives, adjectives, relatives before noun heads; numerals after noun heads; rising intonation in bipolar questions; 1 prefix on negative verbs; maximum number of suffixes 3; case of noun phrase shown by preposition; no subject or object referencing in verbs; split ergative system according to tense; causatives; benefactives; CV, CCV, CCCV; tonal. Peasant agriculturalists; pastoralists. Buddhist, Hindu. |
Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:
Academic Publications
GLOVER, Warren W., author. 2002. "Choosing a Gurung orthography for a new dictionary."
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