Kaike

A language of Nepal

ISO 639: kzq
Alternate Names: Magar Kaike, Tarali Kham
Population: 2,000 (2011 A. Regmi), decreasing. No monolinguals. Ethnic population: 2,000 (2011 A. Regmi).
Location:: Karnali province: Dolpa district, Kaike municipality, Belawa, Shahartara, Tarakot, and Tupatara villages.
Language Status: 6a (Vigorous).
Classification: Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Western Tibeto-Burman, Bodish, West Bodish
Typology: SOV; postpositions; noun head final; no noun classes or genders; content q-word in situ; 1 prefix, up to 2 suffixes; clause constituents indicated by case-marking; consistently ergative; no passives or voice; semi-tonal; 29 consonant and 10 vowel phonemes; complex conjunct-disjunct system, and nominalization.
Language Use: Vigorous. Home, friends, religion, work; mixed use: Education. Used by all. Positive attitudes. Also use Central Tibetan [bod], especially for trade and commerce with the Dolpo. Also use Dolpo [dre]. Also use Nepali [npi].
Language Development: Texts.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Kaike
Writing: Unwritten [Qaax].
Other Comments: Kaike is sometimes known as Tarali Kham, though it is quite different from Kham, a Himalayan language of western Nepal. (Bradley 1997:11). Buddhist, Hindu.

Location: Karnali province: Dolpa district, Kaike municipality, Belawa, Shahartara, Tarakot, and Tupatara villages.