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interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idioma_limbu" title="Idioma limbu – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Idioma limbu" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-awa mw-list-item"><a href="https://awa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%82_%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B7%E0%A4%BE" title="लिंबू भाषा – Awadhi" lang="awa" hreflang="awa" data-title="लिंबू भाषा" data-language-autonym="अवधी" data-language-local-name="Awadhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>अवधी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limboueg" title="Limboueg – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Limboueg" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limbu_(Sprache)" title="Limbu (Sprache) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Limbu (Sprache)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idioma_limbu" title="Idioma limbu – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Idioma limbu" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limbu" title="Limbu – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Limbu" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hif mw-list-item"><a href="https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limbu_bhasa" title="Limbu bhasa – Fiji Hindi" lang="hif" hreflang="hif" data-title="Limbu bhasa" data-language-autonym="Fiji Hindi" data-language-local-name="Fiji Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fiji Hindi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limbou_(langue)" title="Limbou (langue) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Limbou (langue)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakthungish" title="Yakthungish – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="Yakthungish" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%B2%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%AE%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%AC%E0%AB%82_%E0%AA%AD%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%B7%E0%AA%BE" title="લિમ્બૂ ભાષા – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="લિમ્બૂ ભાષા" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A6%BC%EB%B6%80%EC%96%B4" title="림부어 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="림부어" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%82_%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B7%E0%A4%BE" title="लिंबू भाषा – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="लिंबू भाषा" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahasa_Limbu" title="Bahasa Limbu – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Bahasa Limbu" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B2%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%AC%E0%B3%81_%E0%B2%AD%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B7%E0%B3%86" title="ಲಿಂಬು ಭಾಷೆ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಲಿಂಬು ಭಾಷೆ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilimbu" title="Kilimbu – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Kilimbu" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kv mw-list-item"><a href="https://kv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B1%D1%83_%D0%BA%D1%8B%D0%B2" title="Лимбу кыв – Komi" lang="kv" hreflang="kv" data-title="Лимбу кыв" data-language-autonym="Коми" data-language-local-name="Komi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Коми</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingua_Limbu" title="Lingua Limbu – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Lingua Limbu" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%82_%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B7%E0%A4%BE" title="लिम्बू भाषा – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="लिम्बू भाषा" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मैथिली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%82_%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B7%E0%A4%BE" title="लिम्बू भाषा – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="लिम्बू भाषा" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-new mw-list-item"><a href="https://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%82_%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B7%E0%A4%BE" title="लिम्बू भाषा – Newari" lang="new" hreflang="new" data-title="लिम्बू भाषा" data-language-autonym="नेपाल भाषा" data-language-local-name="Newari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाल भाषा</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%96%E3%83%BC%E8%AA%9E" title="リンブー語 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="リンブー語" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A8%D9%88_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C" title="لمبو بولی – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="لمبو بولی" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenga_Limbu" title="Lenga Limbu – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title="Lenga Limbu" data-language-autonym="Piemontèis" data-language-local-name="Piedmontese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Piemontèis</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C4%99zyk_limbu" title="Język limbu – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Język limbu" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B1%D1%83_(%D1%8F%D0%B7%D1%8B%D0%BA)" title="Лимбу (язык) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Лимбу (язык)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sat mw-list-item"><a href="https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%9E%E1%B1%A4%E1%B1%A2%E1%B1%B5%E1%B1%A9_%E1%B1%AF%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%B9%E1%B1%A8%E1%B1%A5%E1%B1%A4" title="ᱞᱤᱢᱵᱩ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ – Santali" lang="sat" hreflang="sat" data-title="ᱞᱤᱢᱵᱩ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ" data-language-autonym="ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ" data-language-local-name="Santali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limbuj%C5%A1%C4%8Dina" title="Limbujščina – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Limbujščina" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limbun_kieli" title="Limbun kieli – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Limbun kieli" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limbu" title="Limbu – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Limbu" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%A0%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A9%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%B9" title="ภาษาลิมบู – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="ภาษาลิมบู" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%96%D0%BC%D0%B1%D1%83_(%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0)" title="Лімбу (мова) – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Лімбу (мова)" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ti%E1%BA%BFng_Limbu" 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infobox-has-images-with-white-backgrounds"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above above" style="font-size:125%; color: black; background-color: salmon;">Daniel Limbu</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-size:110%; color: black; background-color: salmon;">Yakthuṅ pan</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-size:110%; color: black; background-color: salmon;"><span lang="lif" style="line-height:2.1em; font-family:'Noto Sans Limbu', 'Namdhinggo SIL', 'Code2000', 'Sun-ExtA', 'MPH 2B Damase';">ᤕᤠᤰᤌᤢᤱ ᤐᤠᤴ</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Limbu.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Limbu.png/200px-Limbu.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="72" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Limbu.png/300px-Limbu.png 1.5x, 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district</a> of <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Ethnicity</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Limbu_people" title="Limbu people">Limbu</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Native speakers</div></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">410,000 (2011–2021 censuses)<sup id="cite_ref-e27_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-e27-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><span class="wrap"><a href="/wiki/Language_family" title="Language family">Language 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<li>Chhathare</li> <li>Panthare</li> <li>Tambarkhole</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><span class="wrap"><a href="/wiki/Writing_system" title="Writing system">Writing system</a></span></div></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Limbu_script" title="Limbu script">Limbu script</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Roman_script" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman script">Roman script</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: black; background-color: salmon;">Official status</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Official language in</div></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Nepal" title="Languages of Nepal">Nepal</a> 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you may see <a href="/wiki/Specials_(Unicode_block)#Replacement_character" title="Specials (Unicode block)">question marks, boxes, or other symbols</a> instead of the intended characters.</div></div> </div> <p><b>Limbu</b> (Limbu: <span title="Limbu-language text"><span lang="lif">ᤕᤠᤰᤌᤢᤱ ᤐᤠᤴ</span></span>, <i>yakthuṅ pan</i>) is a <a href="/wiki/Sino-Tibetan_languages" title="Sino-Tibetan languages">Sino-Tibetan language</a> spoken by the <a href="/wiki/Limbu_people" title="Limbu people">Limbu people</a> of <a href="/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepal</a> and Northeastern <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> (particularly <a href="/wiki/Darjeeling" title="Darjeeling">Darjeeling</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kalimpong" title="Kalimpong">Kalimpong</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sikkim" title="Sikkim">Sikkim</a>, <a href="/wiki/Assam" title="Assam">Assam</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nagaland" title="Nagaland">Nagaland</a>) as well as expatriate communities in <a href="/wiki/Bhutan" title="Bhutan">Bhutan</a>. The Limbu refer to themselves as <i>Yakthung</i> and their language as <i>Yakthungpan.</i> Yakthungpan has four main dialects: Phedape, Chhathare, Tambarkhole and Panthare dialects.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Among four dialects, the Phedape dialect is widely spoken and well understood by most Yakthungpan speakers. However, as there are some dominant Panthare scholars who have role to create knowledge and control knowledge in the <a href="/wiki/Limbu_people" title="Limbu people">Limbu</a> communities, Panthare dialect is being popularised as a "standard" Limbu language. As Panthare Yakthungs are much more engaged in central political position and administrative positions, they are trying to introduce Panthare dialect as a Standard Yakthungpan. </p><p>Yakthungpan (Limbu language) is one of the major languages spoken and written in Nepal, Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Sikkim, and Bhutan. Linguists have reached the conclusion that Yakthungpan resembles <a href="/wiki/Tibetic_languages" title="Tibetic languages">Tibetan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lepcha_language" title="Lepcha language">Lepcha</a>. </p><p>Before the introduction of the Sirijanga script among <a href="/wiki/Limbu_people" title="Limbu people">Limbu</a>, the <a href="/wiki/R%C3%B3ng_script" class="mw-redirect" title="Róng script">Róng script</a> was popular in east Nepal, especially in the early Maurong state. The Sirijanga script had almost disappeared for 800 years and it was brought back into use by <a href="/wiki/Limbu_people" title="Limbu people">Limbu</a> scholar <a href="/wiki/Te-ongsi_Sirijunga_Xin_Thebe" title="Te-ongsi Sirijunga Xin Thebe">Te-ongsi Sirijunga Xin Thebe</a> of Tellok Sinam <a href="/wiki/Limbuwan" title="Limbuwan">Limbuwan</a> present day <a href="/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepal</a>. The Limbu script is called 'Sirijanga' after the Limbu culture- hero <a href="/wiki/Te-ongsi_Sirijunga_Xin_Thebe" title="Te-ongsi Sirijunga Xin Thebe">Te-ongsi Sirijunga Xin Thebe</a>, who is credited with its invention.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geographical_distribution">Geographical distribution</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Limbu_language&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geographical distribution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Limbu is spoken east of the <a href="/wiki/Arun_River,_China-Nepal" class="mw-redirect" title="Arun River, China-Nepal">Arun River</a> in the following <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Nepal" class="mw-redirect" title="Districts of Nepal">districts of Nepal</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Ethnologue" title="Ethnologue">Ethnologue</a></i>). </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Koshi_Province" title="Koshi Province">Koshi Province </a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dhankuta_District" title="Dhankuta District">Dhankuta District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilam_District" title="Ilam District">Ilam District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jhapa_District" title="Jhapa District">Jhapa District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morang_District" title="Morang District">Morang District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panchthar_District" title="Panchthar District">Panchthar District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sankhuwasabha_District" title="Sankhuwasabha District">Sankhuwasabha District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunsari_District" title="Sunsari District">Sunsari District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taplejung_District" title="Taplejung District">Taplejung District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terhathum_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Terhathum District">Terhathum District</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Official_status">Official status</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Limbu_language&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Official status"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nepal">Nepal</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Limbu_language&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Nepal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Language_Commission_(Nepal)" title="Language Commission (Nepal)">Language Commission of Nepal</a> has recommended Limbu language as official language in <a href="/w/index.php?title=Koshi_Province.&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Koshi Province. (page does not exist)">Koshi Province.</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-langcomreport_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-langcomreport-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Chulachuli_Rural_Municipality" title="Chulachuli Rural Municipality">Chulachuli Rural Municipality</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-chulachuli_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chulachuli-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Mangsebung_Rural_Municipality" title="Mangsebung Rural Municipality">Mangsebung Rural Municipality</a><sup id="cite_ref-mangsebung_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mangsebung-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Phalgunanda_Rural_Municipality" title="Phalgunanda Rural Municipality">Phalgunanda Rural Municipality</a><sup id="cite_ref-phalgunanda_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-phalgunanda-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> have recognized Limbu language as an official working language. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="India">India</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Limbu_language&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: India"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In India, the state of <a href="/wiki/Sikkim" title="Sikkim">Sikkim</a> has recognized Limbu language as an additional official language for the purpose of preservation of culture and tradition in the state.<sup id="cite_ref-sikkimgov_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sikkimgov-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The official weekly publication <i>Sikkim Herald</i> has a Limbu Edition.<sup id="cite_ref-sikkimherald_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sikkimherald-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Dialects">Dialects</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Limbu_language&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Dialects"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Limbu languages are divided into four dialects :<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Phedappe</li> <li>Panthare</li> <li>Chathare</li> <li>Taplejunge or Tamarkhole</li></ul> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Ethnologue" title="Ethnologue">Ethnologue</a></i> lists the following dialects of Limbu. </p> <ul><li>Dialect cluster 1 <ul><li>Panthare</li> <li>Chaubise</li> <li>Charkhole</li> <li>Yanggrokke (Yanggruppe)</li></ul></li> <li>Dialect cluster 2 <ul><li>Phedappe</li> <li>Tamorkhole (Taplejunge)</li></ul></li> <li>Dialect cluster 3 <ul><li>Chhatthare (Chatthare, Chhathar)</li></ul></li></ul> <p>Yanggrokke, Chaubise, and Charkhole are minor variants of the Panthare dialect. Phedappe and Tamorkhole are similar. Chattare is less well understood by other dialect speakers. The Limbu dialect spoken in <a href="/wiki/Sikkim" title="Sikkim">Sikkim</a>, India is the same as Panthare. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Phonology">Phonology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Limbu_language&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Phonology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Vowels_and_consonants">Vowels and consonants</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Limbu_language&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Vowels and consonants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"> <caption>Vowel phonemes<sup id="cite_ref-:0_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2"> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Front_vowel" title="Front vowel">Front</a> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Central_vowel" title="Central vowel">Central</a> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Back_vowel" title="Back vowel">Back</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th><small>short</small></th> <th><small>long</small> </th> <th><small>short</small></th> <th><small>long</small> </th> <th><small>short</small></th> <th><small>long</small> </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Close_vowel" title="Close vowel">Close</a> </th> <td><span class="IPA" lang="und-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Close_front_unrounded_vowel" title="Close front unrounded vowel">i</a></span> </td> <td><span class="IPA" lang="und-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Close_front_unrounded_vowel" title="Close front unrounded vowel">iː</a></span> </td> <td colspan="2"> </td> <td><span class="IPA" lang="und-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Close_back_rounded_vowel" title="Close back rounded vowel">u</a></span> </td> <td><span class="IPA" lang="und-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Close_back_rounded_vowel" title="Close back rounded vowel">uː</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Close-mid_vowel" title="Close-mid vowel">Close-mid</a> </th> <td colspan="2"><span class="IPA" lang="und-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Close-mid_front_unrounded_vowel" title="Close-mid front unrounded vowel">eˑ</a></span> </td> <td colspan="2"> </td> <td colspan="2"><span class="IPA" lang="und-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Close-mid_back_rounded_vowel" title="Close-mid back rounded vowel">oˑ</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Mid_vowel" title="Mid vowel">Mid</a> </th> <td colspan="2"> </td> <td colspan="2"><span class="IPA" lang="und-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Mid_central_vowel" title="Mid central vowel">ə</a></span> </td> <td colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Open-mid_vowel" title="Open-mid vowel">Open-mid</a> </th> <td><span class="IPA" lang="und-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Open-mid_front_unrounded_vowel" title="Open-mid front unrounded vowel">ɛ</a></span> </td> <td><span class="IPA" lang="und-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Open-mid_front_unrounded_vowel" title="Open-mid front unrounded vowel">ɛː</a></span> </td> <td colspan="2"> </td> <td><span class="IPA" lang="und-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Open-mid_back_unrounded_vowel" title="Open-mid back unrounded vowel">ʌ</a></span> </td> <td><span class="IPA" lang="und-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Open-mid_back_unrounded_vowel" title="Open-mid back unrounded vowel">ʌː</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Open_vowel" title="Open vowel">Open</a> </th> <td colspan="2"> </td> <td><span class="IPA" lang="und-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Open_front_unrounded_vowel" title="Open front unrounded vowel">a</a></span> </td> <td><span class="IPA" lang="und-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Open_front_unrounded_vowel" title="Open front unrounded vowel">aː</a></span> </td> <td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>/<span class="IPA" lang="und-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Open-mid_back_unrounded_vowel" title="Open-mid back unrounded vowel">ʌ</a></span>, <span class="IPA" lang="und-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Open-mid_back_unrounded_vowel" title="Open-mid back unrounded vowel">ʌː</a></span>/ can be heard as rounded [<span class="IPA" lang="und-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Open-mid_back_rounded_vowel" title="Open-mid back rounded vowel">ɔ</a></span>, <span class="IPA" lang="und-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Open-mid_back_rounded_vowel" title="Open-mid back rounded vowel">ɔː</a></span>] after labial consonants. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"> <caption>Consonant phonemes<sup id="cite_ref-:0_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2"> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Labial_consonant" title="Labial consonant">Labial</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Dental_consonant" title="Dental consonant">Dental</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Alveolar_consonant" title="Alveolar consonant">Alveolar</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Retroflex_consonant" title="Retroflex consonant">Retroflex</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Postalveolar_consonant" title="Postalveolar consonant">Post-alv.</a>/<br /><a href="/wiki/Palatal_consonant" title="Palatal consonant">Palatal</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Velar_consonant" title="Velar consonant">Velar</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Glottal_consonant" title="Glottal consonant">Glottal</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Nasal_consonant" title="Nasal consonant">Nasal</a> </th> <td><span class="IPA" lang="und-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Voiced_bilabial_nasal" title="Voiced bilabial nasal">m</a></span> </td> <td><span class="IPA" lang="und-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Voiced_alveolar_nasal" class="mw-redirect" title="Voiced alveolar nasal">n</a></span> </td> <td> </td> <td>(<span class="IPA" lang="und-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Voiced_retroflex_nasal" title="Voiced retroflex nasal">ɳ</a></span>) </td> <td> </td> <td><span class="IPA" lang="und-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Voiced_velar_nasal" title="Voiced velar nasal">ŋ</a></span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Plosive" title="Plosive">Plosive</a>/<br /><a href="/wiki/Affricate_consonant" class="mw-redirect" title="Affricate consonant">Affricate</a> </th> <th><small><a href="/wiki/Voicelessness" title="Voicelessness">voiceless</a></small> </th> <td><span class="IPA" lang="und-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Voiceless_bilabial_plosive" title="Voiceless bilabial plosive">p</a></span> </td> <td><span class="IPA" lang="und-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Voiceless_dental_plosive" class="mw-redirect" title="Voiceless dental plosive">t</a></span> </td> <td> </td> <td>(<span class="IPA" lang="und-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Voiceless_retroflex_plosive" title="Voiceless retroflex plosive">ʈ</a></span>) </td> <td><span class="IPA" lang="und-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Voiceless_alveolo-palatal_affricate" title="Voiceless alveolo-palatal affricate">t͡ɕ</a></span> </td> <td><span class="IPA" lang="und-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Voiceless_velar_plosive" title="Voiceless velar plosive">k</a></span> </td> <td><span class="IPA" lang="und-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Glottal_stop" title="Glottal stop">ʔ</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><small><a href="/wiki/Voicelessness" title="Voicelessness">voiceless</a> <a href="/wiki/Aspirated_consonant" title="Aspirated consonant">aspirated</a></small> </th> <td><span class="IPA" lang="und-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Aspirated_consonant" title="Aspirated consonant">pʰ</a></span> </td> <td><span class="IPA" lang="und-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Aspirated_consonant" title="Aspirated consonant">tʰ</a></span> </td> <td> </td> <td>(<span class="IPA" lang="und-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Aspirated_consonant" title="Aspirated consonant">ʈʰ</a></span>) </td> <td> </td> <td><span class="IPA" lang="und-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Aspirated_consonant" title="Aspirated consonant">kʰ</a></span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th><small><a href="/wiki/Voice_(phonetics)" title="Voice (phonetics)">voiced</a></small> </th> <td><span class="IPA" lang="und-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Voiced_bilabial_plosive" title="Voiced bilabial plosive">b</a></span> </td> <td>(<span class="IPA" lang="und-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Voiced_alveolar_plosive" class="mw-redirect" title="Voiced alveolar plosive">d̪</a></span>) </td> <td> </td> <td>(<span class="IPA" lang="und-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Voiced_retroflex_plosive" title="Voiced retroflex plosive">ɖ</a></span>) </td> <td>(<span class="IPA" lang="und-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Voiced_alveolo-palatal_affricate" title="Voiced alveolo-palatal affricate">d͡ʑ</a></span>) </td> <td>(<span class="IPA" lang="und-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Voiced_velar_plosive" title="Voiced velar plosive">ɡ</a></span>) </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th><small><a href="/wiki/Voice_(phonetics)" title="Voice (phonetics)">voiced</a> <a href="/wiki/Aspirated_consonant" title="Aspirated consonant">aspirated</a></small> </th> <td>(<span class="IPA" lang="und-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Breathy_voice" title="Breathy voice">bʱ</a></span>) </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>(<span class="IPA" lang="und-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Breathy_voice" title="Breathy voice">ɖʱ</a></span>) </td> <td>(<span class="IPA" lang="und-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Breathy_voice" title="Breathy voice">d͡ʑʱ</a></span>) </td> <td>(<span class="IPA" lang="und-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Breathy_voice" title="Breathy voice">ɡʱ</a></span>) </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Rhotic_consonant" title="Rhotic consonant">Rhotic</a> </th> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><span class="IPA" lang="und-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Voiced_alveolar_trill" class="mw-redirect" title="Voiced alveolar trill">r</a></span> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Fricative" title="Fricative">Fricative</a> </th> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><span class="IPA" lang="und-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Voiceless_alveolar_fricative" title="Voiceless alveolar fricative">s</a></span> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><span class="IPA" lang="und-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Voiced_glottal_fricative" title="Voiced glottal fricative">ɦ</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Approximant" title="Approximant">Approximant</a> </th> <td><span class="IPA" lang="und-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Voiced_labial%E2%80%93velar_approximant" title="Voiced labial–velar approximant">w</a></span> </td> <td> </td> <td><span class="IPA" lang="und-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Voiced_alveolar_lateral_approximant" class="mw-redirect" title="Voiced alveolar lateral approximant">l</a></span> </td> <td> </td> <td><span class="IPA" lang="und-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Voiced_palatal_approximant" title="Voiced palatal approximant">j</a></span> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Phonemes in parentheses occur in loan words from Nepali. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sirijanga_script">Sirijanga script</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Limbu_language&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Sirijanga script"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Limbu_script.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Limbu_script.png/275px-Limbu_script.png" decoding="async" width="275" height="257" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Limbu_script.png/413px-Limbu_script.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Limbu_script.png/550px-Limbu_script.png 2x" data-file-width="1109" data-file-height="1037" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Limbu_script" title="Limbu script">Limbu script</a>. Grey letters are obsolete.</figcaption></figure> <p>Limbu language is one of the few <a href="/wiki/Sino-Tibetan_languages" title="Sino-Tibetan languages">Sino-Tibetan languages</a> of the central <a href="/wiki/Himalayas" title="Himalayas">Himalayas</a> with their own scripts.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Limbu_script" title="Limbu script">Limbu script</a> or Sirijanga script was devised during the period of Buddhist expansion in <a href="/wiki/Sikkim" title="Sikkim">Sikkim</a> in the early 18th century when <a href="/wiki/Limbuwan" title="Limbuwan">Limbuwan</a> still constituted part of Sikkimese territory.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Limbu_script" title="Limbu script">Limbu script</a> was probably designed roughly at the same time as the <a href="/wiki/Lepcha_script" title="Lepcha script">Lepcha script</a> (during the reign of the third King of <a href="/wiki/Sikkim" title="Sikkim">Sikkim</a>, Phyag-dor Nam-gyal (ca. 1700-1717)). However, it is widely believed that the <a href="/wiki/Limbu_script" title="Limbu script">Limbu script</a> (Sirijanga) had been designed by the Limbu King Sirijanga Hang in the 9th century. The Sirijanga script was later redesigned and re-introduced by <a href="/wiki/Te-ongsi_Sirijunga_Xin_Thebe" title="Te-ongsi Sirijunga Xin Thebe">Te-ongsi Sirijunga Xin Thebe</a> . As Te-ongsi Sirijunga Xin Thebe spent most of his time in the development of Yakthungpan, Yatkhung culture, and <a href="/wiki/Limbu_script" title="Limbu script">Limbu script</a>; he is considered as the reincarnation of the 9th century King Sirijanga. </p><p>As <a href="/wiki/Te-ongsi_Sirijunga_Xin_Thebe" title="Te-ongsi Sirijunga Xin Thebe">Te-ongsi Sirijunga Xin Thebe</a> was astoundingly influential in spreading the <a href="/wiki/Limbu_script" title="Limbu script">Limbu script</a>, culture, and language, Tasang monks came to fear that he might transform the social, cultural, and linguistic structure of Sikkim. Therefore, Tasang monks captured Sirijunga, bound him to a tree, and shot him to death with poisonous arrows. </p><p>Both Limbu and <a href="/wiki/Lepcha_language" title="Lepcha language">Lepcha</a> were ostensibly devised with the intent of furthering the spread of <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a>. However, Sirijanga was a Limbu Buddhist who had studied under Sikkimese high Lamas. Sirijanga was given the title 'the <a href="/wiki/Dorje" class="mw-redirect" title="Dorje">Dorje</a> <a href="/wiki/Lama" title="Lama">Lama</a> of Yangrup'. </p><p>The language and script's influential structure are mixture of <a href="/wiki/Tibetan_script" title="Tibetan script">Tibetan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Devanagari" title="Devanagari">Devanagari</a>. Unlike most other Brahmic scripts, it does not have separate independent <a href="/wiki/Vowel" title="Vowel">vowel</a> characters, instead using <a href="/wiki/Abugida" title="Abugida">a vowel carrier letter with the appropriate dependent vowel attached</a>. </p><p>The Limbu language and literature have been less practiced in Nepal since the last eighteenth century. The cultural identity of any community was taken as a threat to the national unification by ruling elites until the recent years. The use of the <a href="/wiki/Limbu_alphabet" class="mw-redirect" title="Limbu alphabet">Limbu alphabet</a> was banned and the possession of Limbu writings outlawed. There were no specific laws about it, but the Security Act was enforced for such cases under the strong directives of Kathmandu. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Writing">Writing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Limbu_language&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Writing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Limbu_script" title="Limbu script">Limbu script</a></div> <p>Limbu has its own unique writing system, which is similar to Tibetan and Sikkimese scripts. The <a href="/wiki/Limbu_script" title="Limbu script">Limbu script</a> or Sirijunga script is unique and scientifically designed by King Sirijanga in the 9th century; it was later re-designed and popularized by <a href="/wiki/Te-ongsi_Sirijunga_Xin_Thebe" title="Te-ongsi Sirijunga Xin Thebe">Te-ongsi Sirijunga Xin Thebe</a> and his followers in the 18th century. Since teaching of Limbu/Yakthung language and writing was banned by the Khas-Hindus in Nepal after the "Noon Pani Sandhi" between the <a href="/wiki/Limbuwan" title="Limbuwan">Limbuwan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gorkha_Kingdom" title="Gorkha Kingdom">Gorkha Kingdom</a> (Prithvi Narayan Shah), far more Limbus are <a href="/wiki/Literacy" title="Literacy">literate</a> in <a href="/wiki/Nepali_language" title="Nepali language">Nepali</a> than in Limbu in Nepal. Although many Limbu books were written in Devanagari and Roman (English), now Limbus/Yakthungs have well developed computerized writing system and many books are published in <a href="/wiki/Limbu_script" title="Limbu script">Limbu script</a> or Sirijunga script. </p><p>History of Kirat-Yakthung writing can be divided into the following ways: </p> <ol><li>Classical Kirat-Yakthung period: King Sirijanga (9th century AD)</li> <li>The 18th century Kirat-Yakthunghang period: <a href="/wiki/Te-ongsi_Sirijunga_Xin_Thebe" title="Te-ongsi Sirijunga Xin Thebe">Te-ongsi Sirijunga Xin Thebe</a> and his cronies movement</li> <li>The 19th century Kirat-Yakthung writers and rhetors: Period of Jobhansing Limbu, Chyangresing Phedangba, Ranadwaj, and Jit Mohan (Brian Hudgson procured books and requested them to write histories, stories, narratives, culture, and so on)</li> <li>The 20th Century Kirat-Yakthung writers and rhetors: <ol><li>After the establishment of "Yakthunghang Chumlung" (1925); thereafter, several books were published.</li> <li>Limbu script was much more influenced by Devnagari script at this period.</li> <li>At the same time, both national and international linguists, researchers, and writers addressed the issued in this period. This period is period of inquiry, communication, discovery, and re/construction.</li></ol></li> <li>Late 20th and 21st century Kirat-Yakthung writers and rhetors: This period denotes after the restoration of democracy in Nepal in 1990. Introduction of "Anipan" at school; many research and writing such as MA/MPhil theses and research reports; establishment of Limbu organization at the local and global level; period of delinking, relinking, and linking epistemologies.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Publications">Publications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Limbu_language&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Publications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Limbu language has many papers and publications in circulation. Tanchoppa (Morning Star), a monthly newspaper/magazine which has been published since 1995. There are many other literary publications. The oldest known Limbu writings were collected from the Darjeeling district in the 1850s. They are the ancestors of the modern Limbu script. The writings are now a part of a collection in the India Library in London. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Teaching">Teaching</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Limbu_language&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Teaching"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepal</a>, the Limbu language is taught on private initiative. The Government of Nepal has published "Ani Paan" text books in Limbu for primary education from grades 1 to 12. Kirant Yakthung Chumlung teaches Limbu language and script on its own initiative. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Sikkim" title="Sikkim">Sikkim</a>, since the late 1970s, Limbu in the Limbu script has been offered in English-medium schools as a vernacular language subject in areas populated by Limbus. Over 4000 students study Limbu for one hour daily taught by some 300 teachers. Course books are available in Limbu from grades 1 to 12. Additionally, the significance of Limbu in Sikkim is that the name of the <a href="/wiki/States_and_union_territories_of_India" title="States and union territories of India">Indian state</a> itself is a combination of two Limbu words: <i>su</i>, which means "new", and <i>khyim</i>, which means "palace" or "house".<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Limbu_language&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Limbuwan" title="History of Limbuwan">History of Limbuwan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Limbuwan_Gorkha_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Limbuwan Gorkha War">Limbuwan Gorkha War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Nepal" title="Languages of Nepal">Languages of Nepal</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Limbu_language&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-e27-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-e27_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ethnologue.com/language/lif">Daniel Limbu</a> at <i><a href="/wiki/Ethnologue" title="Ethnologue">Ethnologue</a></i> (27th ed., 2024) <span style="position:relative; 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(Mouton grammar library; 4). Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/3-11-011282-5" title="Special:BookSources/3-11-011282-5">3-11-011282-5</a></li> <li>Limbu, Marohang (2017). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170728075959/http://joglep.com/files/3914/9082/6377/0.3_Marohang_Limbu_Final.pdf">Politics in Rhetoric and Writing in Paracolonial Context: A Glimpse of Limbu Language, Writing, and Literacy in Yakthung Laje.</a> <i>Journal of Global Literacies, Technologies, and Emerging Pedagogies</i>, 4(1), 550-591.</li> <li>Limbu, Marohang (2016). Politics of Rhetoric and Writing in the Non-Western World: Delinking, Relinking, and Linking Yakthung Epistemologies. <i>Mikphulla Laje Inghang</i>,10(10) 36-41.</li> <li>Perumalsamy, P. (2009) “ Limbu Language ” in Linguistic Survey of India: Sikkim volume I, New Delhi: Office of Registrar General India, pp: 204 – 279. <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/34829">https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/34829</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTumbahang,_Govinda_Bahadur2007" class="citation book cs1">Tumbahang, Govinda Bahadur (2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elibrary.tucl.edu.np/handle/123456789/3017"><i>A Descriptive Grammar Of Chhatthare Limbu</i></a>. Kathmandu: Central Department of English Kirtipur. <a href="/wiki/Hdl_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hdl (identifier)">hdl</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://hdl.handle.net/123456789%2F3017">123456789/3017</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Descriptive+Grammar+Of+Chhatthare+Limbu&rft.place=Kathmandu&rft.pub=Central+Department+of+English+Kirtipur&rft.date=2007&rft_id=info%3Ahdl%2F123456789%2F3017&rft.au=Tumbahang%2C+Govinda+Bahadur&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felibrary.tucl.edu.np%2Fhandle%2F123456789%2F3017&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALimbu+language" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Limbu_language&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span 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language">Purum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralte_language" title="Ralte language">Ralte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simte_language" title="Simte language">Simte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thadou_language" title="Thadou language">Thadou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaiphei_language" title="Vaiphei language">Vaiphei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zou_language" title="Zou language">Zou</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hmar_language" title="Hmar language">Hmar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mizo_language" title="Mizo language">Mizo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monsang_language" title="Monsang language">Monsang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sakachep_language" title="Sakachep language">Sakachep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sorbung_language" title="Sorbung language">Sorbung</a></li> <li><a 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chairel_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Chairel language">Chairel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maring_language_(India)" title="Maring language (India)">Maring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uipo_language" title="Uipo language">Uipo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meitei_language" title="Meitei language">Meitei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sopvoma_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Sopvoma language">Sopvoma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tangkhul_language" title="Tangkhul language">Tangkhul</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Meghalaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Languages of Meghalaya">Meghalaya</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Kuki-Chin_languages" title="Kuki-Chin languages">Kuki-Chin</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amri_language" title="Amri language">Amri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biate_language" title="Biate language">Biate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gangte_language" title="Gangte language">Gangte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karbi_language" title="Karbi language">Karbi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sakachep_language" title="Sakachep language">Khelma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mizo_language" title="Mizo language">Mizo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaiphei_language" title="Vaiphei language">Vaiphei</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Khasic_languages" title="Khasic languages">Khasic</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group 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style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Angami%E2%80%93Pochuri_languages" title="Angami–Pochuri languages">Angami-<br />Pochuri</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Angami_language" title="Angami language">Angami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chokri_language" title="Chokri language">Chokri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuzhami_language" title="Kuzhami language">Kuzhami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moyon_language" title="Moyon language">Moyon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ntenyi_language" title="Ntenyi language">Ntenyi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pochuri_language" title="Pochuri language">Pochuri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rengma_language" title="Rengma language">Rengma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sumi_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Sumi 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