Kham, Gamale
A language of Nepal
| Population | 13,100 (2000). 1,000 monolinguals. |
| Region | Rapti zone, Rolpa District, Gam Khola, western hills, Gam, Huiching, Jhyalgung, Cholbang, Tamali, Harbang, Dangadhara, Sherma, Gaipa, Ghusbang, Phalabang villages. |
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Western Nepal, reference number 37 |
| Alternate names | Gamale |
| Dialects | Tamali, Ghusbanggi. Only 30% intelligibility with Western Parbate [kjl] due to radical differences in verbal morphology. Lexical similarity: 71% with Western Parbate (most similar), 55% with Eastern Parbate [kif] and Sheshi [kip], 45% with Bhujel [kif]. |
| Classification | Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Himalayish, Mahakiranti, Kham-Magar-Chepang-Sunwari, Kham |
| Language use | Vigorous. Also use some Nepali [nep]. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L1: 1%–5%. Literacy rate in L2: 5%–15%. |
| Writing system | Devanagari script. |
| Comments | Hindu, traditional religion. |
Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:
Academic Publications
WATTERS, David E., author. 2005. "An overview of Kham-Magar languages and dialects."
WATTERS, David E., author. 2012. The maintenance of deictic integrity across Kham dialects.
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