Ghale, Southern
A language of Nepal
| Population | 21,500 (2006). 2,000 monolinguals. |
| Region | Gandaki zone, Gorkha District, hills south of Macha Khola. |
| Language map |
Western Nepal, reference number 96 |
| Alternate names | Galle Gurung, Lila, Ril-Lila |
| Dialects | Barpak, Kyaura, Laprak. Some intelligibility between Northern [ghh] and Southern Ghale. Dialect subgroup. Glover (1974:8–12) identifies a Ghale branch under Bodish intermediate between the Tibetan and Gurung branches. Lexical similarity: 75% –78% among dialects, 65%-81% with Northern Ghale, 39%–49% with Kutang Ghale [ght], 27%–30% with Banspur Gurung [gvr], 31% with Western Tamang [tdg], 20% with Nubri [kte] and Tsum [ttz], 18% with Tibetan [bod]. |
| Classification | Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Himalayish, Tibeto-Kanauri, Tibetic, Tamangic |
| Language use | Vigorous. All domains. Positive attitude. Also use Nepali [nep], Hindi, or English. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: 5%–15% Nepali. Dictionary. NT: 1992. |
| Writing system | Devanagari script. |
| Comments | Swidden and peasant agriculturalists. Hindu, Buddhist. |
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