OLAC resources in and about the Sunwar language

ISO 639-3: suz

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

• Primary texts
• Lexical resources
• Language descriptions
• Other resources about the language

Other known names and dialect names: Bhujuwar, Kirati-Koits, Koits Lo, Mukhiya, Pirthwar, Sunuwar, Sunwari, Surel

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Primary texts

1. ONLINEOccasional Papers of the Wolfenden Society on Tibeto-Burman Languages of Nepal. Lehman, K.F. 1970. Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois, Department of Linguistics. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_suz_vertxt-1
2. ONLINEClause, sentence, and discourse patterns in selected languages of Nepal 3: Texts. Hale, Austin (editor). 1973. Summer Institute of Linguistics of the University of Oklahoma. oai:sil.org:8674

Lexical resources

1. ONLINECrúbadán language data for Sunwar. Kevin Scannell. 2018. The Crúbadán Project. oai:crubadan.org:suz
2. Vocabularies of the languages of Nepal : 1971-72. Caughley, Ross C., 1939-; Glover, Warren W., 1940; Hale, Margrit, 1934-; Austin, Hale; Bieri, Dora, 1935-; Schulze, Marlene, 1932-; Taylor, Doreen, 1930-; Everitt, F; Tamang, Karna Bahadur; Watters, David E., 1944-; Watters, Nancy. 1971. Kirtipur, Nepal : Summer Institute of Linguistics : Institute for Nepalese Studies, Tribhuvan University. oai:gial.edu:17356
3. ONLINEIndia and Nepal Word Lists. McAlpine, Eleanor J. (compiler). 2000. SIL International. oai:sil.org:81509
4. 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
5. ONLINEसुनुवार शब्दकोश. n.a. 2023-07-21. SIL Global. oai:webonary.org:269

Language descriptions

1. ONLINEGlottolog 5.2 Resources for Sunwar. n.a. 2025. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:glottolog.org:sunw1242
2. ONLINESemantically related vowel gradation in Sunwar and Chepang. Caughley, Ross C. 1996. Bradley, David, ed., Papers in Southeast Asian Linguistics No. 14: Tibeto-Burman Languages of the Himalayas. Pacific Linguistics: A-86; [Canberra, Australia]: [Australian National University]. oai:sil.org:60188
3. ONLINEAn approach to Sunwar discourse. Hale, Austin; Schulze, Marlene; Bieri, Dora. 1973. Summer Institute of Linguistics of the University of Oklahoma. oai:sil.org:8426
4. ONLINEClause, sentence, and discourse patterns in selected languages of Nepal 1: General approach. Hale, Austin (editor). 1973. Summer Institute of Linguistics of the University of Oklahoma. oai:sil.org:8549
5. ONLINEChaining and spotlighting: Two types of paragraph boundaries in Sunwar. Schulze, Marlene; Bieri, Dora. 1973. Summer Institute of Linguistics of the University of Oklahoma. oai:sil.org:8654
6. ONLINECovariance relations in Sunwar. Bieri, Dora. 1978. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:8741
7. ONLINEClause, sentence, and discourse patterns in selected languages of Nepal 2: Clause. Hale, Austin (editor); Watters, David E. (editor). 1973. Summer Institute of Linguistics of the University of Oklahoma. oai:sil.org:8923

Other resources about the language

1. Clause, sentence, and discourse patterns in selected languages of Nepal. Hale, Austin; Watters, David E., 1944-. 1973. Summer Institute of Linguistics publications in linguistics and related fields ; publication no. 40. oai:gial.edu:13424
2. Guide to tone in Nepal. Schottelndreyer, Heiderose; Bieri, Dora, 1935-; Schultze, Marlene, 1932-; Hári, Mária, 1938-; Glover, Jessie; Glover, Warren W., 1940-. 1970-1972. Kirtipur : SIL : Inst. for Nepalese Studies, Tribhuvan University. oai:gial.edu:16449
3. An approach to Sunwar discourse. Bieri, Dora. 1973. Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics Library. oai:gial.edu:21998
4. ONLINESunwar: a language of Nepal. n.a. 2018. SIL International. oai:ethnologue.com:suz
5. ONLINESunwar accounts of tradition and religion. Atit Mukhiya. 2008-10-25. Dörte Borchers. oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI568716
6. ONLINELINGUIST List Resources for Sunwar. 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_suz
7. ONLINEA phonological survey of seven Bodic languages of Nepal. Hale, Austin. 1970. University of Illinois Press. oai:sil.org:1465
8. 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
9. ONLINESunwar tone and higher levels. Schulze, Marlene; Bieri, Dora. 1970. University of Illinois Press. oai:sil.org:3130
10. ONLINESunwar segmental synopsis. Schulze, Marlene; Bieri, Dora. 1970. University of Illinois Press. oai:sil.org:3252
11. ONLINERhetorical questions in Sunwar. Schulze, Marlene. 1978. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:8776
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. Report of a seminar on Sunuwar verbs of Nepali origin. Schulze, Marlene. 1995. SIL International. oai:sil.org:36912
14. 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
15. ONLINEOccasional Papers of the Wolfenden Society on Tibeto-Burman Languages of Nepal. Lehman, K.F. 1970. Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois, Department of Linguistics. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_suz_contents-1

Other known names and dialect names: Bhujuwar, Kirati-Koits, Koits Lo, Mukhiya, Pirthwar, Sunuwar, Sunwari, Surel

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