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Dura is an extinct language of Nepal. It has been classified in the Ladakhi language branch of Tibetan languages, though more recent work separates it out as an independent branch of Sino-Tibetan.Kraayenbrink et al., "Language and Genes of the Greater Himalayan Region", preprint, http://www.le.ac.uk/genetics/maj4/Himalayan_OMLLreport.pdf , retrieved September 12, 2007 Many of the Dura have switched to speaking Nepali language, and the Dura language has sometimes been thought to be extinct. Some of the people who have switched to Nepali for their daily speech still use Dura for prayer.Van Driem, George. Languages of the Himalayas: An Ethnolinguistic Handbook of the Greater Himalayan Region, Brill Academic Publishers 2002 ()
The Himalayan Languages Project is working on recording additional knowledge of Dura. Programme Description | Himalayan Languages Project Around 1,500 words and 250 sentences in Dura have been recorded. The last known speaker of the language was the 82-year-old Soma Devi Dura.
Other ethnic groups in the Dura region include the Gurung, Brahmins, Chetrīs, Kāmī, and Damāi.
| ŋi ~ ŋe |
| no |
| ŋyāro |
| ī |
| huī |
| su |
| hāde |
| ma-, ta- (prohibitive) |
| dhāī |
| bhāī |
| kyau, nām, di- |
| jʰim, ŋe- |
| kātʰe |
| kānu, remo ~ hreŋo |
| ācʰirī |
| misā |
| kalārā, bro |
| bro |
| ɖisyā, nāh ~ nāhõ ~ nāhũ ~ nāi |
| o |
| nākyu ~ nakyu ~ nakī, koka |
| syā |
| kepo ~ kemo |
| ʈisro, hulu |
| lyoī, lho |
| - |
| - |
| ke |
| syo |
| hāyu |
| - |
| duccʰu |
| odī, onī |
| soglo, sono |
| - |
| phya |
| kra |
| padʰe |
| naya, muni, rānu |
| mi |
| nu |
| māsi, sũ |
| sa ~ se |
| li |
| se |
| sepe |
| - |
| kuru |
| kyu |
| kʰalī, po ~ põ |
| nāmlo |
| māu |
| ciŋ |
| kiu- |
| co- |
| - |
| do- ~ dõ-, mātā- |
| tās-, tāu-, tānu- |
| syo- |
| tānu- |
| si- |
| sā-, kāne-, kāde |
| - |
| ŋyau, hāsu- |
| so- |
| hro |
| - |
| huni- |
| decʰe- |
| hyo- |
| cʰi- |
| mamī |
| tālā |
| -so (in compound) |
| ti ~ ʈi |
| ti ~ ʈi |
| thũ ~ tũ, kāno ~ kānu |
| - |
| kācʰo, cʰuu |
| - |
| ma-kʰu |
| mi |
| ma-pʰu |
| bani- |
| lāutʰyo |
| lgẽwarapʰa sic |
| cʰāblī |
| - |
| kẽlo |
| bintʰā |
| keplo |
| yāku |
| - |
| cʰiũ |
| ʈʰyāmmay |
| kācʰā |
| cʰyāu- (v), cʰāblī (also ‘red’) |
| burluŋ |
| - |
| rāmī |
| hui |
| ŋo ~ no |
| nāro(-nī) |
| hyāro |
| sām |
| pim |
| kum (<‘hand’) |
| kālā |
| komo |
| kudinī |
| agyu, rijā |
| ācitī |
| pokimuni |
| ŋepʰu ~ nepʰu |
| cʰĩ |
| kāuī |
| kʰātalī |
| rasarī |
| kloi ~ klou |
| tāle-u |
| ʈe |
| hopay |
| mhyā- (v) |
| tʰo- (v) |
| kru- (v) |
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