Alternate Names: Central Nepali, Jumla, Jumleli, Khas Kura, Sijali, Singja, Sinjali
Dialects: Asi, Chaudhabis, Paanchsai, Sinja. 73%–89% intelligible with standard Nepali ,. Not sufficient to understand complex and abstract discourse. Lexical similarity: 73%–80% with standard Nepali , (Bandhu 1971).
Genealogy:
Demographics: 850 (2011 census).
Language Use: Home, friends, religion, work. All ages. Mixed attitudes. Some embarrassed by their own speech when speaking to Standard Nepali [npi] speakers. Also use Hindi [hin], Nepali [npi].
Language Development: Poetry. Magazines. Newspapers. Radio programs. Dictionary. Grammar.
Typology: SOV; postpositions; noun head final; 2 genders; content q-word in situ; 1 prefix, up to 5 suffixes; clause constituents indicated by case-marking; verbal affixation marks person and number; ergativity; aspect; passives and voice; nontonal; 31 consonant and 6 vowel phonemes.
Writing System: Devanagari
Nation of Origin: Nepal
Other Comments: Traditional religion, Buddhist (Lamaist), Christian, Hindu.