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Dolakhae dialect

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Native to
  
Nepal

Glottolog
  
east2773

Native speakers
  
(5,600 cited 1988)

Language family
  
Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Newari Dolakhae

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.

References

Dolakhae dialect Wikipedia


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