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APH ISO 639-3

Athpariya

आठपहरिया‎ (Āṭhapahariyā) Autonym

A language of Nepal

ISO 639
aph
Alternate Names
Arthare, Athaphre, Athapre, Athpahariya, Athpare, Athpre, Sanango Ring
Autonym
आठपहरिया‎ (Āṭhapahariyā)
Population
5,530 (2011 census), decreasing.
Location:
Kosi province: Dhankuta district, Dhankuta municipality.
Language Status
6b (Threatened). Language of recognized indigenous nationality: Rai.
Classification
Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Western Tibeto-Burman, Himalayan, Kiranti, Eastern
Dialects
None known. Athpare and Belhariya [byw] are very similar, but not mutually intelligible (Bickel 1996).
Typology
SOV; postpositions; genitives, adjectives, numerals before noun heads; polar questions marked with a suffix attached to the verb sentence final; noun head final; no noun classes or genders; content q-word in situ; content questions can have the same word order as assertive sentences, or the question word occurs directly before the verb; up to 2 prefixes, up to 9 suffixes; clause constituents indicated by case-marking; affixes indicate case of noun phrase; verbal affixation marks person, number, object—obligatory; split ergative; comparatives with Nepali, Bhanda; both tense and aspect; no passives or voice; CV, CVC, CVCC; 24 consonant and 5 vowel phonemes; nontonal.
Language Use
Shifting to Nepali [npi]. Home, religion; mixed use: Friends. Some young people, all adults. Positive attitudes. Also use Nepali [npi], with some youth shifting.
Language Development
Literacy rate in L2: 2%. Taught in 5 mother-tongue multilingual education schools since 2008. Taught in primary schools. Literature. Newspapers. Periodicals. Radio. Videos. Dictionary. Grammar.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Athpariya
Writing
Devanagari script [Deva], used since 2011.
Other Comments
Traditional religion, Buddhist, Hindu.

Also Spoken in

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Location: Kosi province: Dhankuta district, Dhankuta municipality.