Sunwar

Language name and location: Sunwar, Kosi province, Nepal [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 松瓦尔语, 尼泊尔东部戈斯省和巴格马蒂省

1. ˈkaa / kā ( from Rapacha)	21. ˈniiʔsum ˈkaa / nikā
2. ˈniiʔši / niʔsi	22. ˈniiʔ nii / ninis
3. ˈsãa / sãː	23. ˈniiʔ sãa / nisãː
4. lẽe / lɛ	24. ˈniiʔ lẽe / nilɛ
5. ŋo / ŋə	25. ˈniiʔ ŋo / niŋə
6. ˈruku / rəku	26. ˈniiʔ ˈruku /nirək
7. tsani /cəni	27. ˈniiʔ tsani / nicən
8. tsasi / səsi	28. ˈniiʔ tsasi /nisəs
9. yãa /yãː	29. ˈniiʔ yãa /niyãː
10. ɡau /ɡəu	30. sãa sum /sãːsum
11. ˈkaa ˈkaa / kāk	40. lẽe sum /lɛsum
12. ˈkaa ˈniiʔši / nik	50. ŋo sum / ŋəsum
13. ˈkaa sãa /sãːk	60. ruku sum / kʰal sãa ( 20 x 3 ) /rəksum
14. ˈkaa lẽe /lɛk	70. tsani sum / cənsum
15. ˈkaa ŋo /ŋək	80. yãa sum / kʰal lẽe ( 20 x 4 ) /səssum
16. ˈkaa ˈruku /rok	90. yãa sum /yãːsum
17. ˈkaa tsani /cɛk	100. ɡau sum ( 10 x 10 ) / põrkā ~gigkā
18. ˈkaa tsasi /səsk	200. ɡau niiʔši(sum) / põrni
19. ˈkaa yãa /yãːk	1000.dak kaa / dəkkā
20. ˈniiʔsum ~ kʰalˈkaa /nisum ~ kʰəkā	2000. dak niiʔši /dəkni

Linguist providing data and dateː Ms. Marlene Schulze, Summer Institute of Linguistics, Nepal, December 4, 1996. Nepal (first column).

Dr. Lal-Shyãkarelu Rapacha, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India (second column), May 17, 2006.

提供资料的语言学家: Ms. Marlene Schulze, 1996 年 12 月 4 日. Dr. Lal-Shyãkarelu Rapacha, 2006 年 5 月 17 日.

Other comments: Sunwar has an old vigesimal system before. Marlene Schulze said that younger people only use Sunwar numerals up to 3 and then switch to Nepali numerals. Sunwar is spoken by approximately 39,000 speakers (37,900 Sunwar, 290 Surel) in

Bagmati province and Kosi province, Nepal.

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