Koyee
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Sino-Tibetan
Sino-Tibetan, also cited as Trans-Himalayan in a few sources, is a family of more than 400 languages, second only to Indo-European in number of native speakers. The vast majority of these are the 1.3 billion native speakers of Chinese languages. ...
language belonging to the
Kiranti languages
The Kiranti languages are a major family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in Nepal and India (notably Sikkim, Darjeeling, Kalimpong, and Kumai) by the Kirati people.
External relationships
George van Driem had formerly proposed that the ...
spoken in the
Khotang district of
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, рдиреЗрдкрд╛рд▓ ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
рд╕рдЩреНрдШреАрдп рд▓реЛрдХрддрд╛рдиреНрддреНрд░рд┐рдХ рдЧрдгрддрдиреНрддреНрд░ рдиреЗрдкрд╛рд▓ ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is ma ...
. Like other Kiranti languages, it displays a fairly complex system of person-marking and stem alternations. No full description of this language exists, but Lahaussois provides some grammatical information, and stories have been archived at the
Lacito Archive.
Alternate spellings and names are Kohi, Koi B.╩М╩ФтАЩ, Koyee, Koyi, Koyu.
Geographical distribution
Koyee is spoken in
Sungdel (near Rawakhola headwaters) and
Dipsung VDC's, northeastern
Khotang District
Khotang District ( ne, рдЦреЛрдЯрд╛рдЩ рдЬрд┐рд▓реНрд▓рд╛) is one of 14 districts of Province No. 1 of eastern Nepal. The district, with Diktel as its district headquarters, covers an area of and has a population (2021) of 206,312.[Sagarmatha Zone
Sagarm─Бth─Б Zone ( ne, рд╕рдЧрд░рдорд╛рдерд╛ рдЕрдЮреНрдЪрд▓) or Sagarmatha Anclal ( ne, рд╕рдЧрд░рдорд╛рдерд╛ рдЕрдЮреНрдЪрд▓) was one of the fourteen zones of Nepal until the restructuring of zones into provinces. The headquarters of Sagarma ...]
,
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, рдиреЗрдкрд╛рд▓ ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
рд╕рдЩреНрдШреАрдп рд▓реЛрдХрддрд╛рдиреНрддреНрд░рд┐рдХ рдЧрдгрддрдиреНрддреНрд░ рдиреЗрдкрд╛рд▓ ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is ma ...
(''
Ethnologue'').
References
Bibliography
*Lahaussois, Aim├йe. 2009. 'Koyi Rai: An Initial Grammatical Sketch.' Himalayan Linguistics Archive 4. 1-33.
*http://lacito.vjf.cnrs.fr/archivage/languages/Koyi_Rai.htm
*Rai, Tara Mani.2022. A Grammar of Koyee,LINCOM EUROPA.https://www.amazon.de/Grammar-Koyee-Tara-Mani-Rai/dp/3969391121
*Rai,Tara Mani.2015. A Grammar of Koyee. A PhD dissertation submitted to Tribhuvan University, Nepal.
*Rai, Tara Mani and Omkareshor Shrestha.2014. http://cdltu.edu.np/site/images/linsun/koyee.pdf
*Rai,Tara Mani.2012. Nepalese Linguistics - Table of Contents - Digital Himalayahttp://www.digitalhimalaya.com тА║ nepling тА║ nepling_toc
Kiranti languages
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Languages of Nepal
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