Dura

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A language of Nepal

ISO 639-3
drq
User Population

No known L1 speakers (Schorer 2016). Last speaker survived into the 2000s.

Location

Gandaki province: Lamjung district, scattered.

Language Status

9 (Dormant). Language of recognized indigenous nationality: Dura.

Classification
Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Western Tibeto-Burman, Bodish, West Bodish
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 Development

Dictionary.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Dura
Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].

Other Comments

Tandrange may be a dialect of Dura. Hindu, Buddhist.