Dura is an extinct language of Nepal . It has been classified in the West Bodish branch of Tibetan languages , though more recent work separates it out as an independent branch of Sino-Tibetan . Many of the Dura have switched to speaking Nepali , and the Dura language has sometimes been thought to be extinct. Some of the people who have switched to Nepali for their daily speech still use Dura for prayer.
8-593: [REDACTED] Look up dura in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Dura may also refer to: Đura such as, for example, Đura Bajalović Geography [ edit ] Dura language , a critically endangered language of Nepal Dura, Africa , an ancient city and former bishopric, now a Catholic titular see Dura-Europos , an ancient city located in modern-day Syria, founded in 303 BCE and abandoned in 256–257 CE Dora, Baghdad , alternately transliterated "al-Dura",
16-777: A neighborhood in the Rasheed administrative district in Southern Baghdad, Iraq Dorrha , County Tipperary, Ireland, a civil parish (Irish name: Dura ) Dura, Hebron , a Palestinian town in the southern West Bank located eleven kilometers southwest of Hebron in the Hebron Governorate Dura, Manyas , a village in Turkey Dura al-Qar' , a Palestinian town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate Cișmigiu Gardens , originally named "Lake of Dura
24-599: Is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in a few ethnic Gurung villages of Lamjung District , Nepal . Tandrange is spoken in the villages of Tāndrāṅ ( तान्द्राङ ), Pokharī Thok ( पोखरी थोक ), and Jītā ( जीता ). It belongs to the Greater Magaric branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family . According to Schorer (2016), the Tandrange language is closely related to the recently extinct Dura language , which
32-741: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Dura language The Himalayan Languages Project is working on recording additional knowledge of Dura. Around 1,500 words and 250 sentences in Dura have been recorded. The last known speaker of the language was the 82-year-old Soma Devi Dura. Schorer (2016:293) classifies Dura as part of his newly proposed Greater Magaric branch. The ethnic Dura people mostly live in Lamjung District , with some in neighboring Tanahu District of Gandaki Province in central Nepal. They mostly live on farms in
40-456: The hilly countryside. Different recent census counts have reported the number of Dura people anywhere from 3,397 to 5,676. Dura villages include: Other ethnic groups in the Dura region include the Gurung, Brahmins, Chetrīs, Kāmī, and Damāi. A closely related language variety called Tandrange (Nepali: Tāndrāṅe; IPA: tandraŋe) is spoken in a few Gurung villages. Tandrange is spoken in
48-675: The merchant", a public park near the center of Bucharest, Romania that surrounds an artificial lake Science [ edit ] Dura mater , the outermost of the three ('hard', dura in Latin) layers of the meninges surrounding the brain and spinal cord Dura (moth) , a genus of moths Other [ edit ] "Dura" (song) , Daddy Yankee Dura Dura , Turkish album Dura Automotive Systems , an American automotive company headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan and specializing in automobile components Topics referred to by
56-444: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Dura . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dura&oldid=1186068092 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
64-466: The villages of Tāndrāṅ तान्द्राङ, Pokharī Thok पोखरी थोक, and Jītā जीता. However, Tandrange speakers adamantly consider themselves as not related to the stigmatized Dura people. Schorer (2016:126-127) provides the following 125-word Swadesh list of Dura. Dura numerals are (Schorer 2016:146-147): Schorer (2016:286-287) reconstructs the following Proto-Dura words. Tandrange language Tandrange ( Nepali : तान्द्राङे [tandraŋe] )
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