Language name and location: Lingkhim (Saam), Ilam, Nepal [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 岭基姆语 (萨姆语), 尼泊尔东部伊拉姆地区

1. uka  / ette

21.  

2. huka  /hktˢi     -tˢi (classifier)

22.  

3. sumka /sumtˢi  -tˢi (classifier)

23.  

4. litˢika / littˢi     -tˢi (classifier)

24.  

5. ukhuka

25. 

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28.  

9.  

29.  

10. 

30. 

11. 

40.  

12. 

50.  

13. 

60.  

14. 

70. 

15. 

80.  

16. 

90.  

17. 

100. 

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200. 

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1000. 

20. 

2000. 

Linguist providing data and dateː Miss Tejmaya Dumi Rai, M.A. in linguistics, Tribhuvan University, Kiritipur, Nepal, June 4, 2020.

提供资料的语言学家: Miss Tejmaya Dumi Rai, 2020 年 6 月 4 日.

Other comments: In Lingkhim there are only five traditional numerals. After five native numerals all are borrowing from Nepali numerals. Lingkhim is the separate language among the Rai Kiranti languages. This is one of the extinct language. This language is especially spoken an eastern hilly region in Ilam district of Nepal. The original term is Lungkhim so the community peoples prefer to call Lungkhim instead of Lingkhim. Salewa and Khattamma villages are main origin place of Lungkhim which is located at Bhojpur district (According to Manbahadur Lungkhim, Dhankumar Lungkhim). At present Lungkhim people are inhabitant Kolbung, Nayabazar, Phattejung, Siddithumka, Jirmale, Kerabari, Ahale in Suryadaya Municipality of Ilam District. Except Ilam they are inhabitant other districts and aboard as well. According to the Nepal government's report (Central Bureau of Statistics 2011) total number of Lungkhim people is 129. However, the community peoples claim they have around ten thousand population of Lungkhim(viz. libju bhumju magazine vol. 58, page 35. 2071 B.S). Note: I have been visit two times in Lingkhim community in Ilam district first In 2014 for identify lingkhim phonemes as a role of linguistics facilitator (i.e. Padam Rai and Tejmaya Rai). The program conducted by under the NFDIN (National foundation for development of indigenous nationality) and second time I have been there for Lingkhim word collection in 2019 the program held by language commission government of Nepal.
In my experience and research only Nanda kumar lingkhim's family member can speaks Lingkhim language . He is age of 91. They are at Ahale village of Suryadaya municipality in Ilam.   

Lungkhim has 22 Consonants and 6 vowels phonemes.  

1. Consonants phonemes：

     k   k^h   g   ŋ

     t^s   t^sh   dz                   

     t    t^h    d    n

     P   p^h   b    m

     j     r    l     w        

           s     h    ʔ

2. Vowel phonemes

    ʌ a i u e o

Note: While the orthography employed here is based on IPA, some deviations have to be noted: following the common orthographic traditions found in descriptions of Tibeto-Burman languages, the symbol <y>is used for the palatal approximant (IPA: [j]), <c> is used for the alveolar fricative (IPA: [t͡s]), and stands for its aspirated counterpart (IPA: [tsʰ]). Aspirated consonants are written <pʰ>, <tʰ>, <kʰ>, <wʰ>, <mʰ>, <nʰ>, <ŋʰ>. Geminated consonants are written with double letters, e.g. [mm] or [ss].