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Ghale language

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Native to
  
Nepal

Native speakers
  
26,000 (2006)

Language family
  
Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Tamangic? Ghale languages Ghale

ISO 639-3
  
Either: ghh – Northern ghe – Southern

Glottolog
  
nort2709  (Northern) sout2715  (Southern)

Ghale is a Tibeto-Burman language of Nepal. It belongs to the group of Ghale languages. The dialects of Ghale have limited intelligibility: (south) Barpak, Kyaura, Laprak, (north) Khorla, Uiya, Jagat, Philim, Nyak

Dialects

Ethnologue divides Ghale into the Northern and Southern varieties.

  • Northern Ghale (4,440 speakers as of 2006) is spoken in Buri Gandaki valley in Gorkha District, Gandaki Zone. Dialects are Khorla, Uiya, Jagat, Philim, and Nyak.
  • Southern Ghale (21,500 speakers as of 2006) is spoken in the hills south of Macha Khola in Gorkha District, Gandaki Zone. Dialects are Barpak, Kyaura, and Laprak.

    • References

    Ghale language Wikipedia
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