Tandrange language explained

Tandrange
States:Nepal
Region:Lamjung District
Ethnicity:Gurung
Speakers:< 1,000
Date:2016
Familycolor:Sino-Tibetan
Fam2:Greater Magaric
Fam3:Dura–Tandrange

Tandrange (in Nepali pronounced as /tandraŋe/) is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in a few ethnic Gurung villages of Lamjung District, Nepal.[1] Tandrange is spoken in the villages of Tāndrāṅ, Pokharī Thok, and Jītā . It belongs to the Greater Magaric branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family.

According to Schorer (2016), the Tandrange language is closely related to the recently extinct Dura language, which was also spoken in Lamjung District. However, Tandrange speakers adamantly consider themselves as not related to the stigmatized Dura people.[1]

Numerals

The Tandrange numerals are:[2]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Schorer, Nicolas. 2016. The Dura Language: Grammar and Phylogeny. Leiden: Brill.
  2. Nagila, Kedar Bilash. 2010. Dura genderlects. Presented at Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) conference, Bangkok, Thailand, November 2010.