Ghale languages

Sino-Tibetian dialect in Nepal
Ghale
Geographic
distribution
Nepal
Linguistic classificationSino-Tibetan
  • Tibeto-Kanauri ?
    • Tamangic ?
      • Ghale
Subdivisions
  • Kutang
  • Ghale
Glottologghal1246

Ghale is a Sino-Tibetan dialect cluster of Nepal that may be part of the Tamangic family. The people who speak them are ethnically Tamang, but their languages are too poorly known to be sure.[clarification needed] The two languages, Kutang (Bihi, Chak, Rana) and Ghale (Barpak, Kyaura, Laprak, Khorla, Uiya, Jagat, Philim, Nyak), might each be considered more than one language.

References

  • George van Driem (2001) Languages of the Himalayas: An Ethnolinguistic Handbook of the Greater Himalayan Region. Brill.
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Sino-Tibetan branches
Western Himalayas
(Himachal, Uttarakhand, Nepal, Sikkim)
Greater Magaric
Map of Sino-Tibetan languages
Eastern Himalayas
(Tibet, Bhutan, Arunachal)Myanmar and Indo-Burmese border
"Naga"
Sal
East and Southeast Asia
Burmo-Qiangic
Dubious (possible isolates)
(Arunachal)
Greater Siangic
Proposed groupingsProto-languages
Italics indicates single languages that are also considered to be separate branches.
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West Himalayish
(Kanauric)
Western
Kinnauric
Lahaulic
Eastern
Central
Almora
Bodish
Tibetic
Central Tibetan
Amdo
Kham (Eastern)
Southern
Western
Ladakhi–Balti (Western Archaic)
Lahuli–Spiti (Western Innovative)
Sherpa-Jirel
Kyirong–Kagate
Tshangla-East Bodish
Tshangla
East Bodish
Basum
Tamangic
TGTM
Ghale
Kaike


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