Thakali language

Thakali
Native to Nepal
Ethnicity 13,000 Tamang people (2001 census)[1]
Native speakers
5,900  (2002 – 2011 census)[1]
Dialects
Thakali
Tangbe
Tetang
Chuksang
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Either:
ths  Thakali
skj  Seke
Glottolog thak1245  (Thakali)[2]
seke1240  (Seke)[3]

Thakali is a Sino-Tibetan language of Nepal spoken by Thakali people mainly in Myagdi and Mustang districts. Its dialects have limited mutual intelligibility.

Seke (Tangbe, Tetang, Chuksang) is sometimes considered a separate language.[1] Other names and dialect names are Barhagaule, Marpha, Panchgaunle, Puntan Thakali, Syang, Tamhang Thakali, Thaksaatsaye, Thaksatsae, Thaksya, Tukuche, Yhulkasom.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Thakali at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Seke at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Thakali". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  3. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Seke". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  4. OLAC resources in and about the Thakali language

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