What language is spoken by Limbu?
What language is spoken by Limbu?
Limbu (Limbu: ᤕᤠᤰᤌᤢᤱ ᤐᤠᤴ, yakthuṅ pan) is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the Limbu people of eastern Nepal and India (particularly Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Sikkim, Assam and Nagaland) as well as expatriate communities in Bhutan. The Limbu refer to themselves as Yakthung and their language as Yakthungpan.
Is Limbu Tibetan?
Language. Limbu is one of the few Sino-Tibetan languages of the Central Himalayas that possesses its own pre-20th century scripts.
What does the word Limbu mean?
Definition of Limbu 1a : a people chiefly of Nepal. b : a member of such people. 2 : the Tibeto-Burman language of the Limbu people.
What are the priests of Limbu called?
Traditionally, Phedangma, samba, yeba, yema, yuma and angsi are authentic Limbu priests and shamans who are known as the sacred and incarnate ritual practitioners. They perform religious functions, ceremonies and lifecycle rituals narrating and reciting the Mundhum.
Where do Limbu people live?
Nepal
Limbu, the second most numerous tribe of the indigenous people called Kiranti, living in Nepal, on the easternmost section of the Himalayas east of the Arun River, and in northern India, mostly in the states of Sikkim, West Bengal, and Assam. Altogether, the Limbu numbered some 380,000 in the early 21st century.
How many actors are there in Limbu?
The Limbus have divided into three nationality Nepalese Limbu, bhutanese limbu and Indian Limbu. As the parts of Nepal they are so called Braves in the living World.
How many types of Limbu are there?
What religion Limbu follows?
Although influenced by Tibetan Buddhism as well as by rituals from nearby lamaseries, the Limbu observe a traditional religion, worshipping a chief god, Niwa Buma, and mountain and river deities.
What is the history of the Limbu alphabet?
The Limbu or Kirati alphabet was probably modelled on the Lepcha alphabet, which is thought to have derived from the Tibetan alphabet. According to many historians, King Sirijonga invented the “Kirat-Sirijonga Script” in the late 9th century.
Which script is used to write Limbu language?
The Limbu script (also Sirijanga script) is used to write the Limbu language. It is a Brahmic type abugida.
Where is Limbu language spoken?
Limbu belongs to the Kiranti branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family. It is spoken mainly in parts of Nepal and India by about 407,000 people. There were about 366,200 speakers of Limbu in Nepal in 2011, particularly in the Kosi and Mechi zones in eastern Nepal.
What is the meaning of Limbu in Tibetan?
Limbu, ᤕᤠᤰᤌᤢᤱ. Limbu (Limbu: ᤕᤠᤰᤌᤢᤱ ᤐᤠᤴ, yakthung pān) is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the Limbu people of eastern Nepal and India (particularly Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Sikkim, Assam and Nagaland) as well as expatriate communities in Bhutan, Burma, Thailand, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Canada and the US.
