Puma language

Puma language

language
name=Puma
nativename=पुमा
pronunciation= [ˈpumaː]
region=Khotang district and Udayapur district, Nepal
speakers=4,310
familycolor=Sino-Tibetan
fam1=Sino-Tibetan
fam2=Tibeto-Burman
fam3=Kiranti
iso3=pum

Puma (Puma: पुमा "Pumā") is a Kiranti spoken by about 4,310 people (Central bureau of statistics report 2001) in Diplung, Mauwabote, Devisthan, Pauwasera and Chisapani Village Development Committees of Khotang district and in some areas of Udayapur district, Nepal.

The Himalayan Languages Project has produced the first grammatical sketch of Puma. Puma remains without a comprehensive grammar.

External links

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=pum Ethnologue report on Puma]
* [http://www.uni-leipzig.de/~ff/cpdp/index.html The Chintang and Puma Documentation Project (DoBeS)]


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