Jumli language

Jumli Khas
जुम्ली खस
The word "Jumli Khas" written in Jumli-Devanagari script
Native toNepal
RegionHimalayas
Native speakers
40,000[1]
Dialects
Devanagari (Jumli alphabet)
Official status
Official language in
Nepal
Language codes
ISO 639-3jml
Glottologjuml1238
Jumli speaking areas

Jumli or Jumli Khas (Jumli-Devanagari: जुम्ली खस) is an Indo-Aryan language of Nepal closely related to Nepali. It is primarily spoken in Jumla district and surroundings district in the Karnali Province of Nepal.[citation needed] The language is occasionally referred to as a dialect of Nepali; however, the Government of Nepal considers Jumli as a different language. The numbers of native speakers estimated 40,000.[3][4] The Khas language is known as the parent language of Nepali language.

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  2. ^ "सरकारी कामकाजको भाषाका आधारहरूको निर्धारण तथा भाषासम्बन्धी सिफारिसहरू (पञ्चवर्षीय प्रतिवेदन- साराांश) २०७८" (PDF). Language Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 September 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Jumli". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. SIL International. Retrieved 23 December 2012.[permanent dead link‍]
  4. ^ "Census Nepal 2021". censusnepal.cbs.gov.np. Retrieved 2022-11-02.