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ISO 639-3: gvr

The combined catalog of all OLAC participants contains the following resources that are relevant to this language:

Other known names and dialect names: Gurung Kura, Western Gurung, Kaski Gurung, Khas Kura, Northwestern Gurung, Southern Gurung, Syangja Gurung, Tamu Kyi

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Primary texts

  1. ONLINEGenesis New Reader Selections, Western-Gurung (Nepal). The Bible Society in Nepal. 1987. The Bible Society in Nepal. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_gvr_gen-1
  2. ONLINESememic and grammatical structures in Gurung. Glover, Warren W. 1974. Norman: Summer Institute of Linguistics of the University of Oklahoma. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_gvr_vertxt-1
  3. ONLINEOccasional Papers of the Wolfenden Society on Tibeto-Burman Linguistics, Volume III: Tone Systems of Tibeto-Burman Languages of Nepal, Part IV, Texts, II. Glover, Warren W. 1970. University of Illinois. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_gvr_vertxt-2
  4. Gurung texts. Glover, Warren W. 1970. University of Illinois Press. oai:sil.org:36965

Lexical resources

  1. ONLINEGurung, Western Swadesh List. n.a. n.d. The Rosetta Project: A Long Now Foundation Library of Human Language. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_gvr_swadesh-1
  2. tamu-nepali-ãgreji tãpũchyoŋ. Gurung, Ratna Bahadur; Glover, Warren W. 2003. Tamu Buddha Sewa Samiti Nepal. oai:sil.org:3366
  3. ONLINEGurung-Nepali-English-glossary, with Nepali-Gurung-index. Glover, Jessie R. (compiler); Glover, Warren W. (compiler); Gurung, Deu Bahadur (compiler). 1976. Summer Institute of Linguistics and Institute of Nepal and Asian Studies. oai:sil.org:36872
  4. ONLINEGurung-Nepali-English dictionary. Glover, Jessie R.; Glover, Warren W.; Gurung, Deu Bahadur. 1977. Australian National University. oai:sil.org:36923
  5. A vocabulary of the Gurung language. Glover, Warren W. 1972. Summer Institute of Linguistics and Institute of Nepal Studies, Tribhuvan University. oai:sil.org:36953
  6. ONLINEIndia and Nepal Word Lists. McAlpine, Eleanor J. (compiler). 2000. SIL International. oai:sil.org:81509
  7. ONLINEClause, sentence, and discourse patterns in selected languages of Nepal 4: Word lists. Hale, Austin (editor). 1973. Summer Institute of Linguistics of the University of Oklahoma. oai:sil.org:8633

Language descriptions

  1. ONLINEGlottolog 5.2 Resources for Gurung. n.a. 2025. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:glottolog.org:guru1261
  2. ONLINEPHOIBLE 2.0 phonemic inventories for Gurung. n.a. 2019. Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. oai:phoible.org:guru1261
  3. ONLINESememic and grammatical structures in Gurung. Glover, Warren W. 1974. Norman: Summer Institute of Linguistics of the University of Oklahoma. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_gvr_phon-1
  4. ONLINEOccasional Papers of the Wolfenden Society on Tibeto-Burman Linguistics, Volume III: Tone Systems of Tibeto-Burman Languages of Nepal, Part IV, Texts, II. Glover, Warren W. 1970. University of Illinois. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_gvr_phon-2
  5. Choosing a Gurung orthography for a new dictionary. Glover, Warren W. 2002. SIL International. oai:sil.org:36895
  6. "How we observe Dasain": a procedural discourse in Gurung. Glover, Warren W. 1999. Royal Nepal Academy. oai:sil.org:37001
  7. Paragraph structure in Gurung discourse. Glover, Jessie R. 1971. SIL International. oai:sil.org:37041
  8. Topics in Nepalese linguistics. Glover, Warren W. (editor); Yadava, Yogendra P. (editor). 1999. Royal Nepal Academy. oai:sil.org:6297
  9. ONLINESememic and grammatical structures in Gurung. Glover, Warren W. 1974. Summer Institute of Linguistics of the University of Oklahoma. oai:sil.org:8795
  10. Sememic and grammatical structures in Gurung (Nepal). Glover, Warren W. 1973. SIL International. oai:sil.org:9939

Other resources about the language

  1. ONLINESememic and Grammatical Structures in Gurung (Nepal). Glover, Warren W. 1974. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:refdb.wals.info:2357
  2. ONLINESino-Tibetan Numeral Systems: Prefixes, Protoforms and Problems. Matisoff, James A. 1997. Australian National University. oai:refdb.wals.info:5632
  3. ONLINEGurung: a language of Nepal. n.a. 2018. SIL International. oai:ethnologue.com:gvr
  4. ONLINELINGUIST List Resources for Gurung, Western. Damir Cavar, eLinguistics Foundation Board Member (editor); Malgorzata E. Cavar, Director of Linguist List (editor). 2022-05-31. The LINGUIST List (www.linguistlist.org). oai:linguistlist.org:lang_gvr
  5. ONLINEA phonological survey of seven Bodic languages of Nepal. Hale, Austin. 1970. University of Illinois Press. oai:sil.org:1465
  6. ONLINETone systems of Tibeto-Burman languages of Nepal 1: Studies on tone and phonological segments. Hale, Austin (editor); Pike, Kenneth L. (editor). 1970. University of Illinois Press. oai:sil.org:1614
  7. ONLINEGurung tone and higher levels. Glover, Warren W. 1970. University of Illinois Press. oai:sil.org:1894
  8. ONLINEA note on glides, syllabicity and tone in Gurung. Glover, Warren W.; Hale, Austin. 1970. University of Illinois Press. oai:sil.org:2404
  9. ONLINESpectrographic confirmation of contrastive pitch and breathiness in Gurung. Hinton, Bruce C. 1970. University of Illinois Press. oai:sil.org:2745
  10. Ouch! Don't print that! Political correctness in Gurung lexicography. Glover, Warren W. 2004. The Asia Lexicography Conference, Chiangmai, Thailand 24th-26th May, 2004. oai:sil.org:3371
  11. ONLINEGurung segmental synopsis. Glover, Warren W. 1970. University of Illinois Press. oai:sil.org:3430
  12. ONLINETone systems of Tibeto-Burman languages of Nepal 3: Texts 1. Hale, Austin (editor); Pike, Kenneth L. (editor). 1970. University of Illinois Press. oai:sil.org:36865
  13. Proto-Tamang-Gurung-Thakali. Glover, Jessie R.; Pittman, Richard S. 1970. University of Illinois Press. oai:sil.org:36871
  14. Gurung, Tamang, Thakali, Sherpa, and Chepang prosodies. Pittman, Richard S. 1970. University of Illinois Press. oai:sil.org:36972
  15. ONLINETone systems of Tibeto-Burman languages of Nepal 4: Texts 2. Hale, Austin (editor); Pike, Kenneth L. (editor). 1970. University of Illinois Press. oai:sil.org:36978
  16. A guide to Gurung tone. Glover, Jessie R.; Glover, Warren W. 1972. Tribhuvan University and Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:36979
  17. ONLINERegister in Tibeto-Burman languages of Nepal: a comparison with Mon-Khmer. Glover, Warren W. 1971. SIL International. oai:sil.org:36980
  18. ONLINEGurung dialects. Glover, Warren W.; Landon, John K. 1980. SIL International. oai:sil.org:36990
  19. Structure and function in the Gurung interrogative. Glover, Jessie R. 1969. Tribhuvan University. oai:sil.org:37030
  20. ONLINEA Sociolinguistic Study of Gurung in Nepal. Swenson, Janel. 2015. SIL International. oai:sil.org:62050
  21. ONLINEA Sociolinguistic Study of Gurung in Nepal. Swenson, Janel. 2019. SIL International. oai:sil.org:83990
  22. ONLINEOccasional Papers of the Wolfenden Society on Tibeto-Burman Linguistics, Volume III: Tone Systems of Tibeto-Burman Languages of Nepal, Part IV, Texts, II. Glover, Warren W. 1970. University of Illinois. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_gvr_contents-1
  23. ONLINESememic and grammatical structures in Gurung. Glover, Warren W. 1974. Norman: Summer Institute of Linguistics of the University of Oklahoma. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_gvr_detail-1

Other known names and dialect names: Gurung Kura, Western Gurung, Kaski Gurung, Khas Kura, Northwestern Gurung, Southern Gurung, Syangja Gurung, Tamu Kyi

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