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Kusunda

A language of Nepal

ISO 639-3: kgg

Population	7 (2005 SIL). 87 reported in 2001 census, living in Pyuthan, Dang and Tanahun. Ethnic population: 164.
Region	Gandaki zone, Tanahu District, west hills, Satto Bhatti west of Chepetar, and possibly the jungle south of Ambhu; Kireni, near Kumhali.
Alternate names	Kusanda
Classification	Language isolate
Language development	Grammar.
Comments	An official nationality. Verb pronominalization with subject agreement. Hunters. Nearly extinct.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

POKHAREL, Madhav P.; PRASAIN, Balaram; WATTERS, David E.; YADAVA, Yogendra P., authors. 2005. Notes on Kusunda grammar (a language isolate of Nepal).  

POKHAREL, Madhav P.; PRASAIN, Balaram; WATTERS, David E.; YADAVA, Yogendra P., authors. 2006. Notes on Kusunda grammar: a language isolate of Nepal.  

REINHARD, Johan; TOBA, Sueyoshi, authors. 1970. A preliminary linguistic analysis and vocabulary of the Kusunda language.

TOBA, Sueyoshi, author. 2000. "Kusunda wordlists viewed diachronically."

TOBA, Sueyoshi, author. 2000. "The Kusunda language revisited after 30 years."

WATTERS, David E., author. 2005. "Kusunda: a typological isolate in South Asia."