TULSIPUR: Lone speaker of Kusunda language Gyanimaiya Kusunda passed away on Saturday morning at the age of 82 years.

A permanent resident of Lamahi Municipality-6, Kulmohar, Gyanimaiya was suffering from asthma for long.

Gyanimaiya got ill from mid-January. She received preliminary treatment at the Lamahi-based Florence Hospital and received further treatment at Kohalpur Medical College.