Languages · Profile
दुरा
Dura
Once the everyday language of the Dura people of the Lamjung and Tanahun hills. Almost 2,000 people still identify it as their mother tongue, but fluent use has nearly disappeared.
1,991
mother tongue speakers in Nepal (2021 census)
0.01%
of Nepal's population
Tibeto-Burman
language family
No traditional script
script
In Nepal
Where it is spoken
Critically endangered
Lamjung and Tanahun in Gandaki Province.
Gandaki
Beyond Nepal
Who else speaks it
- Outside Nepal: Not spoken anywhere else
The Dehat
Our work in Dura
A collaborative documentation project with Dura communities.
Speak Dura, or know someone who does? We want to hear your stories.
ContributeSources: National Population and Housing Census 2021, Nepal (mother tongue); Census of India 2011. Figures for small and endangered languages are estimates.