Friday, May 6, 2011

General Ethnic Sunuwar Language By Sanjib Kirantee Sunuwar


Sunuwar (कोँइच / Kõits), a member of the Kiranti branch of the Tibeto-Burman language family spoken by about 40,000 people in eastern Nepal and Sikkim, where it is an official language. It is also known as Kõits-Lo (कोँइच लो / kõica lo), Mukhiya (मुखिया / mukhiyā) and Kiranti-Kõits (किराँती-कोँइच / kirā̃tī-kõica). The native name for the language is Kõits (कोँइच / kõica,), which is also written Koinch, Koincha and Koints.

·         Namaste ! : Nawasewal !
·         What is your name ? : Enke rimshyo ne ?
·         My name is Sanjib. : Aane Sanjib ho.
·         What do you job ? :  Mar ge pacha damba ?
·         I studying in college. : Campus ma renne rene chhu.
·         Come here ! : Yekyu onth pine yen !
·         Congratulation to you ! : Yekyu ankali barshila chha !
·         Sorry ! : Panchu puinla !
·         That’s OK (reply in  Sorry): Panchu lila hai !
·         Happy new year ! : Nak thochena  jemlanyu !
·         Best wishes ! : Jemla gabi !
·         See you again ! : Lensha glumchadum !
·         Thank you ! : Cheredum !
·         Ok, thank you ! : Cherelil !

Note: Please follow this link for mote details about the scripts and languages
1. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/jenticha.htm 
2. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/tikamuli.htm
3. http://scriptsource.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=script_detail&uid=mrqq6uxjlx
4. http://glyphs.webfoot.com/blog/2011/05/02/tikamuli-2005-nepal/
5. http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n3963.pdf

 Additional information about the Sunuwar (Koicha)
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunwar_language
2. http://www.ethnologue.com/language/suz
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noGlGyw7w4s

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