Khaling language

Khaling
खालिङ (khāliṅ)
Native to Nepal
Region Solukhumbu and Khotang districts
Native speakers
15,000 in Nepal (2011 census)[1]
unknown number in India[1]
Sino-Tibetan
Language codes
ISO 639-3 klr
Glottolog khal1275[2]

Khaling is a Kiranti language spoken in Solukhumbu district, Nepal and in India. It is one of the few Kiranti languages with tonal contrasts. Khaling has approximately 15,000 speakers and is therefore considered a vulnerable language. Khaling has a complex system of stem alternations: as many as 10 distinct stems have to be posited for a word (Jacques et al. 2012). Khaling is very unusual in having an auditory demonstrative (see Jacques and Lahaussois 2014). Khaling is also known as Rai, Khalinge Rai, Khael Bra, and Khael Baat.[3]

General Information

Khaling is still being acquired by children who live in Khaling-speaking areas, as well as non-Khaling children who happen to live in that area.

Geographical distribution

Khaling is spoken in the following VDC's of Nepal (Ethnologue).

References

  1. 1 2 Khaling at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Khaling". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. "Did you know Khaling is vulnerable?". Endangered Languages. Retrieved 2016-05-01.

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