A Grammar of the Thangmi Language with an Ethnolinguistic Introduction to the Speakers and their Culture. Volume I: Ethnography and Grammar. Vol II: Lexicon & Texts
Leiden. Brill. 2012. Stock ID #175900 "This monograph is a grammar of Thangmi, an endangered Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the districts of Dolakha and Sindhupalcok in central-eastern Nepal. The language is spoken by upwards of 30,000 people belonging to an ethnic group of the same name. The Thangmi are one of Nepal's least documented communities. When referring to this item please quote stockid 175900.
xvii + vi + 1002pp. Cloth covered illustrated boards, as new - a very good copy. 25 x 16cm. Brill's Tibetan Studies Library: Languages of the Greater Himalayan Region. Volume 5/6.
These two volumes include a grammatical description of the Dolakha dialect of Thangmi, a collection of glossed oral texts and a comprehensive lexicon with relevant examples. In addition, the reader will find an extensive ethnolinguistic introduction to the speakers and their culture." (Publisher's blurb).
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