Dura

DRQ

Status Notes: Language of recognized indigenous nationality: Dura.

Genealogy:

Sino-Tibetan
Tibeto-Burman
Western Tibeto-Burman
Bodish
West Bodish

Demographics: Ethnic population: 2,160 (2011 census).

Language Use: Shifting to Nepali [npi].

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.

Writing System: Unwritten

Nation of Origin: Nepal

Other Comments: Tandrange may be a dialect of Dura. Hindu, Buddhist.