Sunwar, Sunuwar, or Kõits (कोँइच; kõica; other spellings are Koinch and Koincha) is a Kiranti language spoken in Nepal by the Sunwar people. It was first comprehensively attested by the Himalayan Languages Project. It is also known as Kõits Lo (कोँइच लो ; kõica lo), Kiranti-Kõits (किराँती-कोँइच ; kirā̃tī-kõica), Mukhiya (मुखिया ; mukhiyā).[3][4]
Vocabulary
Seu+wa+la (Sewala)
Sunuwar
English
Seu
(Respect) / (Greeting) / I bow to you
Maar
What
Dohpachaa
How to
Dohshow
How much
Dohmoh
How big
Go
I
Gopuki
We are
Ge
You
Gepukhi
You are
Goi
You
GoiPuki
You are
Daarshow
Beautiful
MaDarshow
Ugly
Writing systems
Though Sunuwar is most commonly written with the Devanagari script, a native writing system, Jenticha, has seen limited use since the 1940s.
^Borchers, Dörte (2008). A grammar of Sunwar : descriptive grammar, paradigms, texts and glossary ([Online-Ausg.]. ed.). Leiden: Brill. pp. 1–2. ISBN 9789004167094.|accessdate= requires |url= (help)
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