Asụsụ Bantawa

**Asụsụ Bantawa** (a na-akpọkwa ya dị ka An Yüng, Bantaba, Bantawa Dum, Bantawa Yong, Bantawa Yüng, Bontawa, Kirawa Yüng), bụ asụsụ Kiranti na-asụ n'ugwu ọwụwa anyanwụ Himalayan nke ọwụwa anyanwụ Nepal site n'aka agbụrụ Kirati Bantawa. Ha na-eji usoro mkpụrụedemede syllabic mara dị ka Kirat Rai . N'etiti ndị Khambu ma ọ bụ Rai nke Eastern Nepal, Sikkim, Darjeeling na Kalimpong na India, Bantawa bụ asụsụ a na-asụkarị.  Dịka ọnụ ọgụgụ mba 2001 siri dị, opekata mpe 1.63% nke ọnụ ọgụgụ ndị Nepal na-asụ Bantawa. Ihe dị ka 370,000 na-asụ asụsụ Bantawa na mpaghara ọwụwa anyanwụ nke Nepal (2001). Ọ bụ ezie na Bantawa so na ụdị asụsụ Bantawa ndị a na-ejikarị eme ihe, ọ dabara n'ụdị asụsụ 100,000 dị n'ihe egwu.  Ọ na-enwe mgbanwe asụsụ na Nepali, ọkachasị na mpaghara ugwu. 

A na-asụ Bantawa n'usoro isiokwu-ihe-ngwaa, na enweghị akara aha ma ọ bụ okike. 

## Olumba
Ọtụtụ n'ime ezinụlọ Bantawa bi ugbu a na Bhojpur, Dharan, Illam, na Dhankuta. Ọnụọgụ na-adịbeghị anya gosiri na ọtụtụ n'ime ha bi na Dharan. A na-asụ Bantawa na mpaghara ndị a na Nepal ( *Ethnologue* ).

* Mpaghara No. 1 : Mpaghara Bhojpur, Mpaghara Dhankuta, Mpaghara Ilam, Mpaghara Jhapa, Mpaghara Khotang, Mpaghara Morang, Mpaghara Okhaldhunga, Mpaghara Panchthar, Mpaghara Sunsari, Mpaghara Taplejung na Udayapur District
* Sikkim, Darjeeling, Kalimpong nke India

Olumba dị ka ndị a ( *Ethnologue* ).

* Northern Bantawa (Dilpali)

:: *Olumba ndị ugwu: Mangpahang, Raipachha, Awaichha, Rungchenbung na Yangma*

* Ndịda Bantawa (Chewali, Okhreli, Hatuwali, Hangkhim)

:: *Southern na Northern Bantawa, nke yiri ya, enwere ike ijikọ ọnụ dị ka 'Intermediate Bantawa'.*

* Eastern Bantawa (Dhankuta)

:: *Olumba ọwụwa anyanwụ bụ nke kacha dị iche.* *Ọ nwere njikọ chiri anya na asụsụ Dungmali, n'agbanyeghị na ọ nwere njikọ na asụsụ Puma, [[asụsụ Sampang]] na asụsụ Chhintange .*

* Western Bantawa (Amchoke, Amchauke)

:: *Olumba Amchaucke: Sorung, Saharaja, Lulam, na Sukita*

* Wana Bantawa (nke a na-akpọkwa Bantawa), nke ndị obere Bantawa na-asụ. A na-asụ olumba Amchoke na mpaghara Limbu, ọkachasị na mpaghara Ilam.

A na-ahụtakwa Bantawa dị ka ezinụlọ kacha elu na ezinụlọ Kiranti. A kọkwara na a na-eji Bantawa eme ihe dị ka *asụsụ asụsụ* n'etiti ndị obere Rai na Himalayan Sikkim, Darjeeling Kalimpong Na India na Bhutan . Ka ọ dị ugbu a, a na-ewebata asụsụ ahụ n'ụlọ akwụkwọ ole na ole na ọkwa mbụ (Afọ 1 - Afọ 5)  site na iji edemede Devanagari .  

Asụsụ Waling na-apụ apụ nke agbanyere na njedebe narị afọ nke 19 nwere ike ịbụ ụdị Bantawa dị iche iche, ma ọ bụ asụsụ nwere njikọ chiri anya, ma ọ bụrụ na ọ bụghị olumba Hatuwali ndị Waling na-asụ taa.

## Asụsụ Bantawa

## fonology

### Udaume

* ʌ vowel comes in Bantawa due to influence of Nepali language and it is rarely used like in other Tibetan Burmese language.
* nowadays some dialect or in region may pronounce /ɨ/ as [ʌ], [u], or [ə].

Ọmụmaatụ:  (anya) akpọ ,  (agwọ) dị ka  .

### Consonants

* Glotta stop [ ʔ ] bụ otu n'ime consonants nke asụsụ Bantawa nke na-anọchi anya ya site na iji ⟨ : ⟩ .
* Consonant eze na Apico-alveolar anaghị eme ihe ọ bụla mgbe ọ na-ekwu okwu.
* Iji dee asụsụ Bantawa Kirat Sirijunga lipi na Devanagari lipi ka a na-eji na Nepal.

## Ntụaka

## Ọgụgụ ọzọ

* Oge oyi, Werner. 2003. *Akwụkwọ ọkọwa okwu Bantawa* . Ọnọdụ na linguistics - akwụkwọ 20. Mouton de Gruyter: New York.
* Doornenbal, Marius. 2009. *A Grammar nke Bantawa* . Mahadum Leiden PhD Thesis. Usoro akwụkwọ akụkọ LOT: Utrecht.
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## Njikọ mpụga

* A Grammar nke Bantawa
* Bantawa: Nleba anya nke asụsụ egwu