Limbu

Sino-Tibetan language of eastern Nepal and India
Intangible natural_language Q56477
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Limbu

Summary

Limbu is a natural language[1]. Limbu draws 240 Wikipedia views per month (natural_language category, ranking #229 of 734).[2]

Key Facts

  • Limbu is in the country of India[3].
  • Limbu is in the country of Nepal[4].
  • Limbu's instance of is recorded as natural language[5].
  • Limbu's instance of is recorded as modern language[6].
  • Limbu is a type of Kiranti[7].
  • Limbu's writing system is recorded as Limbu script[8].
  • Limbu's writing system is recorded as Devanagari[9].
  • Limbu's Commons category is recorded as Limbu language[10].
  • Limbu's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Limbu language[11].
  • Limbu's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+420000'}[12].
  • Limbu's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+40835'}[13].
  • Limbu's UNESCO language status is recorded as 3 definitely endangered[14].
  • Limbu's indigenous to is recorded as Assam[15].
  • Limbu's indigenous to is recorded as Sikkim[16].
  • Limbu's indigenous to is recorded as West Bengal[17].
  • Limbu's indigenous to is recorded as Koshi Province[18].
  • Limbu's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/LIF[19].
  • Limbu's has grammatical case is recorded as intrative case[20].
  • Limbu's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 5 Developing[21].
  • Limbu's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as Q131938994[22].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include natural language[5] and modern language[6]. Limbu is a type of Kiranti[7].

Why It Matters

Limbu draws 240 Wikipedia views per month (natural_language category, ranking #229 of 734).[2] Limbu has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] Limbu is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Red Book of Endangered Languages. Retrieved . unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Country → India, Nepal
    Instance of → —
    Indigenous to → Assam, Sikkim, West Bengal +1
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007529221805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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