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Mahakiranti languages. The Mahakiranti or Maha-Kiranti ('Greater Kiranti') languages are a proposed intermediate level of classification of the Sino-Tibetan languages, consisting of the Kiranti languages and neighbouring languages thought to be closely related to them.
Aug 14, 2022 · A branch of Himalayish languages. They are spoken in Nepal, India, Bhutan, and China.LANGUAGE LISTAthpariya: also called Athapre, Athpare, Arthare, Arthare-Khesang. Spoken in Nepal. 2,000 speakers. Athpare from Dhankuta and ...
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A branch of Himalayish languages. They are spoken in Nepal, India, Bhutan, and China.
There are about two dozen Kiranti languages. The better known are Limbu language, Sunuwar language, Bantawa Rai, Chamling Rai, Khaling Rai, Bahing Rai, Yakkha language, Vayu, Dungmali Rai, Lohorung language and Kulung language .
The Mahakiranti idea first occurred to me in Bhutan in 1989, when I set out to chart the language communities of the country in the hope of finding relatives of the Kiranti languages of eastern Nepal or perhaps some language whiCh might be a missing link between Lepcha and Kiranti. Instead, I ended up conducting a linguistic
The Baram–Thangmi languages, Baram and Thangmi are Tibeto-Burman languages spoken in Nepal. They are classified as part of the Newaric branch by van Driem (2003) and Turin (2004), who view Newar as being most closely related to Baram–Thangmi.
Newaric and Mahakiranti. George van Driem. 2004, pp. 413-418 in Anju Saxena, ed., Himalayan Languages: Past and Present. ... Themes in Himalayan Languages and ...
