Sunuwar language
| Sunuwar | |
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| Region | Nepal, Tibet, Bhutan |
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Native speakers
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38,000 (2011) |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | |
| Glottolog | sunw1242 |
Sunuwar, or Kõinch (कोँइच; kõica; other spellings are Koinch and Koincha), is a Kiranti language spoken in Nepal by the Sunuwar people. It was first comprehensively attested by the Himalayan Languages Project. It is also known as Kõits Lo (कोँइच लो ; kõica lo), Kiranti-Kõits (किराँती-कोँइच ; kirā̃tī-kõica), Mukhiya (मुखिया ; mukhiyā).
Sunuwar is spoken in the following locations of Nepal (Ethnologue).
Seu+wa+la (Sewala)
Sunuwar is spoken in villages in the districts of Ramechap and Okhaldhunga, about 120 kilometers east of Kathmandu.
Though Sunuwar is most commonly written with the Devanagari script, a native writing system, Jenticha, has seen limited use since the 1940s.
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