Language name and location: Mareke Yakkaba, Kosi prov., Nepal [Ref to Ethnologue]

言名称和分布地区马雷科-雅卡巴语, 尼泊尔东部戈斯省 

 

1. kolok

21.  ekkais

2. ɦitˢtˢi

22.  bais 

3. sumji

23.  teis 

4. tˢar

24.  tˢʌubis

5. pãtˢ

25.  pʌtˢtˢis

6. tˢʰʌ

26.  tˢʰʌbbis

7. sat

27.  sʌttais

8. atʰ

28.  ʌʈʰais

9. nʌu

29.  untis

10. dʌs

30.  tis

11. egʰarʌ

40.  tˢalis

12. baɦrʌ

50.  pʌtˢas

13. teɦrʌ

60.  saʈʰi

14. tˢʌudʰʌ

70.  sʌttʌri

15. pʌndʰrʌ

80.  ʌsi

16. soɦrʌ

90.  nʌbbe, 100. sʌe

17. sʌtrʌ

100. sʌe, 200. dui sʌe 

18. ʌʈʰarʌ

400. tˢar sʌe, 800. aʈʰ sʌe

19. unnais

1000. ɦʌdzar 

20. bis

2000. dui ɦʌdzar

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Yagyeswar Niraula, Department of Nepali Language and Literature, Tribhuwan University, Ratna Rajya Laxmi Campus, Kathmandu, Nepal, January 13, 2020.

供资料的语言学家: Dr. Yagyeswar Niraula, 2020 年 1 月 13 日.

 

Other comments: Mareke Yakkha language has only 1, 2, 3 in their own counting system. Rest of all as Nepali counting system. Mareke Yakkha also called Lumba Yakkha. But Lumba is not appropriate name. Among the five surnames of this language speakers areː Lumba, Tumba, Rogu, Pamphu and Tamli. The name is Lumba, it is not suitable name. The speakers also not agree with this name. Hansson (1992) gave that name of this language. The speakers of this language live in Jitpur (dzitpur), Yandrung (jandruŋ) and Marek Katahare (marek kʌʈʌɦʌre) of Dhankuta (dʰʌnkuʈa) district . It is an endangered language of Nepal with only 1200 speakers only. 


 

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