Sunuwar Linguistics

They speak their own Mother Tongue known as Kiranti-Kõits affiliated to the Sino-Tibetan family, Tibeto-Burman sub-family under Kiranti group. The language has officially been recognized as one of the Regional or Official Languages of Sikkim in 1996. It has no distinct dialects as such, however there are some regional variations (Rapacha1996) at the level of phonology. Kõits as one of the Kiranti languages is a sister language of Bayung (Indo-Aryanised term Bahing) Rai language spoken mainly in Okhaldhunga. The language also has some common cognate with Rwadhu (Wamule), Jerung and other Kiranti-Rai languages.