Darmiya language

Darma
Darmiya
Region	Uttarakhand
Native speakers	1,800 (2006)[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Kanauri ? West Himalayish Almora Darma
Language codes
ISO 639-3	drd
Glottolog	darm1243[2]

Darmiya (Darma) is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.

Geographical distribution

Darmiya is spoken in the Dhauli valley, from Tawaghat near Dharchula south to Sipoo in the north along Dhauli river. This area is located in Darchula and Munsyari tahsils, Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand, India (Ethnologue). Darmiya is spoken in Dar, Bongling, Selachal, Nanglin, Baling, Dugtu, Saung, Baun, Philam, Datu, Gwo, Marchha, Dhakar, Sobla, and Sipoo villages (Ethnologue).

References

1. Darma at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Darmiya". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

2. Willis, Christina Marie. A descriptive grammar of Darma: an endangered Tibeto-Burman language. -- University of Texas, 2007.