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Tsum language

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Tsum
Tsumke
Region	Nepal
Native speakers	4,800 (2000 census)^[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Kanauri ? Bodish Tibetic Kyirong–Kagate Tsum
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`ttz`
Glottolog	`tsum1240`
ELP	Tsum

Tsum is a language from the subgroup of Tibetic languages^[2] spoken by the Tsum people primarily in the Tsum Valley of the Gorka DistrictofNepal. The language is also known as Tsumke.^[3]

Speakers

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There are over 4000 speakers of Tsum, known as Tsumpas.^[4] Many speakers of the language have migrated away from the Tsum valley, and now live in Kathmandu and abroad. Younger Tsumpas are more likely to be educated in Nepali and English, leading to attrition of the language.^[3]

Language structure

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Tsum has a two-tone language system.

Relationship to other languages

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There is a varying degree of mutual intelligibility between Tsum and other Kyirong-Yolmo varieties. It is most closely related to Nubri and Gyalsumdo, and more distantly related to other languages in the family.^[5]

References

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^ TsumatEthnologue (25th ed., 2022)

^ N. Tournadre (2005)『L'aire linguistique tibétaine et ses divers dialectes.』Lalies, 2005, n°25, p. 7–56 [1]

^ ^a ^b Mark Donohue and Dubi Nanda Dhakal (2016). A Tsum Lexicon. München: LINCOM. pp. ii. ISBN 9783862886821.

^ Webster, Jeff (1992). A Socio-linguistic Survey of the Tibeto-Burman Dialects of North Gorkha District. ms, SIL.

^ Gawne, Lauren (2013). "Report on the relationship between Yolmo and Kagate". Himalayan Linguistics. 12: 1–27.

Sources

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Dhakal, Dubi Nanda & Mark Donohue. 2015. Inchoative/causative verb pairs in Tsum. Nepalese Linguistics 30. 45-49.
Donohue, Mark & Dubi Nanda Dhakal. 2016. A Tsum Lexicon. (Languages of the World/Dictionaries, 61.) München: LINCOM. 197pp.
Liu, Naijing. 2015. Tsum tone: a challenge for typology and phonological description. (MA thesis, Australian National University).
Webster, Jeff. 1992. A Socio-linguistic Survey of the Tibeto-Burman Dialects of North Gorkha District, Nepal. Ms.