Kusunda language

Not to be confused with the Sunda language.
Kusunda
Kusanda
mihaq
PronunciationKusunda: [mʰjaχ] ⓘ
Native toNepal
RegionGandaki Province, Lumbini Province
Ethnicity270 Kusunda (2011 census)
Native speakers
1 (2022)[1]
Devanagari
Language codes
ISO 639-3kgg
Glottologkusu1250
ELPKusunda
Ethnologue locations: (west) Dang and Pyuthan districts (dark grey) within Lumbini Province; (center) Tanahun District within Gandaki Province
EndangeredLanguages.com location: red
WALS location: purple (Gorkha District)
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Kusunda or Kusanda (endonym mihaq Kusunda: [mʰjaχ] ⓘ) is a language isolate spoken by a few among the Kusunda people in western and central Nepal. As of 2023, it only has a single fluent speaker, Kamala Khatri Sen,[2] although there are efforts underway to keep the language alive.[3]

  1. ^ Kusunda at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Bhattarai, Sewa (2023-05-13). "The last of the Kusunda". nepalitimes.com. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
  3. ^ McDougall, Eileen. "The language that doesn't use 'no'". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 2022-08-11.