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Magar, Eastern

A language of Nepal

ISO 639-3: mgp

Population	462,000 in Nepal (2001), increasing. Population total all countries: 555,000. Ethnic population: 1,622,421 ethnic Magar (2001 census).
Region	Gandaki zone, Tanahu District, east of Bagmati River, central mountains, Okhaldhunga, Taplejung, Bhojpur, Dhankuta, Chainpur, Terhathum, Ilam, and Letang are main centers. Also in Bhutan, India.
Language maps	Eastern Nepal, reference number 33 Western Nepal, reference number 33
Alternate names	Magari, Manggar
Classification	Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Himalayish, Mahakiranti, Kham-Magar-Chepang-Sunwari, Magar
Language use	Vigorous. All domains. Some also use some Nepali [nep].
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 1%–5%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. NT: 1991.
Writing system	Devanagari script, used in India.
Comments	Magar recognized as an official nationality. Agriculturalists: rice, corn, wheat; hunters; pastoralists; army. Traditional religion, syncretism with Buddhism and Hinduism.

Also spoken in:

India

Language name	Magar, Eastern
Population	71,700 in India (2006). Ethnic population: 278,247.
Region	Sikkim, South District, scattered in East District.
Alternate names	Magari, Magarkura, Mangari, Manggar
Language use	Home. Also use Nepali [nep].
Comments	Agriculturalists: rice, corn, wheat; hunters.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Hale, Austin and David E. Watters, editors. 1973. Clause, sentence, and discourse patterns in selected languages of Nepal 2: Clause.  

Hale, Austin, editor. 1973. Clause, sentence, and discourse patterns in selected languages of Nepal 1: General approach.  

Hale, Austin, editor. 1973. Clause, sentence, and discourse patterns in selected languages of Nepal 3: Texts.  

Hale, Austin, editor. 1973. Clause, sentence, and discourse patterns in selected languages of Nepal 4: Word lists.  

Shepherd, Gary and Barbara Shepherd. 1971. Magar phonemic summary.

Shepherd, Gary and Barbara Shepherd. 1972. A vocabulary of the Magar language.

Shepherd, Gary and Barbara Shepherd. 1973. "Magar texts."  

Shepherd, Gary. 1982. Life among the Magars.

Yadava, Yogendra P. and Warren W. Glover, editors. 1999. Topics in Nepalese linguistics.

Vernacular Publications

əṬṬuri məjaṬiŋ. 2005.

Hirana məwarco phəl. 2005.

mən kumari hi chanm siya?. 2005.

sŭḍeni. 2005.