Ghale language
| Ghale | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Nepal |
Native speakers | 26,000 (2006)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
Either: ghh – Northern ghe – Southern |
| Glottolog |
nort2709 (Northern)[2]sout2715 (Southern)[3] |
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
- ↑ Northern at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Southern at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) - ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Northern Ghale". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Southern Ghale". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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