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Magar Dhut (Nepali: मगर ढुट, Nepali:) is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken mainly in Nepal, southern Bhutan, and in Darjeeling, Assam and Sikkim, India, by the Magar people. It is divided into two groups (Eastern and Western) and further dialect divisions give distinct tribal identity. [ 3 ]
The Magar languages (or Magaric languages) are a small proposed family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in Nepal, notably including Magar and Kham. (Ethnologue considers each to be a cluster of languages.) They are often classified as part of the Mahakiranti family, and Van Driem (2001) proposes that they are close relatives of Mahakiranti.
Magar Kham (मगर खाम), also known as Kham, Kham Magar, and Khamkura, is the Sino-Tibetan language variety of the Northern Magar people of Nepal. [3] [4] [5] The language is situated in the upper elevations of Baglung, East Rukum, and Rolpa districts. Based on census data taken in 2011, the total population of Magar Kham is estimated ...
The Magar language, Magar Kura, is spoken in two major dialects and a number of sub dialects reflecting the geographic distribution of the group. The Western Magars of Rapti Zone speak Magar Kham language. In Dolpa District, Magars speak Magar Kaike language. Magar Dhut language speakers are all Magar clans residing in Twelve Magarat.
The Kham Magars (खाम मगर), also known in scholarship as the Northern Magars, are a (Tibeto-Burman language) Magar Kham language or Kham Kura speaking indigenous ethnic tribal community native to Nepal. [1] [2] [3] In general, Kham Magars refer to themselves using their clan name and the ethnic identity of Magar. [4]
English. Read; Edit; View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions Read; ... The Magari language, Magra ki Boli, is a variety of Bhil in India. [1]
Magar may refer to: Magar people, of Nepal and India Kham Magar, Northern Magars of Nepal; Magar language, their Sino-Tibetan language Magar Kham language, a Tibeto-Burman language of the Kham Magar; Khagendra Thapa Magar, the shortest man in the world (as of 2012) Magar, the Catholicos of All Armenians from 1885 to 1891
Though the number of speakers in Magahi is about 12.7 million, it has not been constitutionally recognised in India. In Bihar, Hindi is the language used for educational and official matters. [12] Magahi was legally absorbed under Hindi in the 1961 Census. [13]