Dura

A language of Nepal

ISO 639: drq
Population: No known L1 speakers (Schorer 2016). Last speaker survived into the 2000s.
Location:: Gandaki province: Lamjung district, scattered.
Language Status: 9 (Dormant). Language of recognized indigenous nationality: Dura.
Classification: Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Western Tibeto-Burman, Bodish, West Bodish
Typology: SOV; postpositions; noun head final; no noun classes or genders; content q-word in situ; 1 prefix, up to 3 suffixes; clause constituents indicated by case-marking; ergativity; tense (2) and aspect; no passives or voice; nontonal; 37 consonant and 6 vowel phonemes.
Language Use: Shifted to Nepali [npi].
Language Development: Dictionary.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Dura
Writing: Unwritten [Qaax].
Other Comments: Tandrange may be a dialect of Dura. Hindu, Buddhist.

Location: Gandaki province: Lamjung district, scattered.