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Numeral System in Dukpa

Dr. Pinki Wary

Abstract

The purpose of this work is to discuss some of the morpho-syntactic features of Dukpa numerals (mainly focus on the language spoken in Kalchini block of Alipurduar district of West Bengal, India). The numeral system is exclusively decimal. In terms of structure, there are seven main categories of numerals in the language: (i) cardinal numerals, (ii) ordinal numerals, (iii) fractional numerals, (iv) multiplicative numerals, (v) distributive numerals, (vi) restricted numerals and (vii) approximate numerals. As in other SOV languages, the numerals often come after the head nouns in this language.

Keywords: Dukpa, Tibeto-Burman, Alipurduar, West Bengal, Numerals System.

1. Introduction

The Dukpas are considered to be significant ethnic community in West Bengal’s Alipurduar District. The Tibetan word Drugpa is where the word Dukpa first appeared. Drug denotes a “dragon”, and pa denotes a “resident”, therefore defining the phrase “the resident of the dragon country”, in literary terms. Despite various changes in socio-political and religious factors, this group of people has lived in the middle of Nepali and Bengali people for many years, preserving their traditional socio-cultural traits unaffected. The word Dukpa is used to refer to both the community’s name and its language. Dukpa is a member TB (Tibeto-Burman) language family’s Central Bodish group (Bradley, 1997:5). According to the 2011 census in Kalchini block, there were 1951 Dukpas living in the Buxa hill forest of the Alipurduar district of West Bengal. They are a small and less well-known tribe.

2. Objectives

The major goal of this study is to investigate the nominal morphological component of numerals system in Dukpa, a language spoken primarily in the Kalchini block of Alipurduar district (West Bengal).

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Dr. Pinki Wary
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