Kusunda

A language of Nepal

ISO 639: kgg
Alternate Names: Kusanda
Population: 87 (2014 UNESCO).
Location:: Gandaki and Lumbini provinces: scattered.
Language Status: 8b (Nearly extinct). Language of recognized indigenous nationality: Kusunda.
Classification: Language isolate
Dialects: Rolpa-Dang, Gorkha, Tanahun. The Kusunda speakers of Rolpa, Dang and possibly Arghakhanchi districts of Midwestern Nepal belong to the same family. For this reason, their historical dialects (created by generation and geographical separation) are mutually intelligible.
Typology: SOV; postpositions; noun head final; 1 prefix, up to 2 suffixes; clause constituents indicated by case-marking; verbal affixation marks person and number; verb pronominalization with subject agreement; 31 consonant and 6 vowel phonemes.
Language Use: Elderly only. Positive attitudes. Shifted to Nepali [npi].
Language Development: Dictionary. Grammar.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Kusunda
Writing: Unwritten [Qaax].
Other Comments: Traditional religion.

Location: Gandaki and Lumbini provinces: scattered.