Kusunda

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A language of Nepal

ISO 639-3
kgg
Alternate Names
Kusanda
User Population

87 (2014 UNESCO).

Location

Gandaki and Lumbini provinces: scattered.

Language Status

8b (Nearly extinct). Language of recognized indigenous nationality: Kusunda.

Classification
Language isolate
Dialects

Rolpa-Dang, Gorkha, Tanahun. The Kusunda speakers of Rolpa, Dang and possibly Arghakhanchi districts of Midwestern Nepal belong to the same family. For this reason, their historical dialects (created by generation and geographical separation) are mutually intelligible.

Typology

SOV; postpositions; noun head final; 1 prefix, up to 2 suffixes; clause constituents indicated by case-marking; verbal affixation marks person and number; verb pronominalization with subject agreement; 31 consonant and 6 vowel phonemes.

Language Use

Elderly only. Positive attitudes. Shifted to Nepali [npi].

Language Development

Dictionary. Grammar.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Kusunda
Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].

Other Comments

Traditional religion.