Dolakhae dialect
| Dolakhae | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Nepal |
Native speakers | unknown (5,600 cited 1988) |
|
Sino-Tibetan
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog |
east2773[1] |
Dolakha Newar (called Dolakhae by speakers; also Dolkhali), or Eastern Newari, is a divergent dialect of the Newari language (Nepal Bhasa) spoken in Dolakha District, outside the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal, by 5,645 Newa people as of 1988. Some speakers of Dolakha Newar can be found in Kathmandu for education or work.[2]
References
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Eastern Newari". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ .Carol Genetti. A Grammar of Dolakha Newar. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 2007