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MGP ISO 639-3

Magar, Eastern

मगर ढुट‎ (magar ḍhuṭ) Autonym

A language of Nepal

ISO 639
mgp
Alternate Names
Magar, Magari, Mangar
Autonym
मगर ढुट‎ (magar ḍhuṭ)
Population
462,000 in Nepal (2001 census), decreasing. 789,000 all Magar in Nepal (2011 census). The identification of Magars is complicated by the fact that a number of other ethnic groups (Chantyal, Kham, Kaike, Kusunda, Raute, Raji) have claimed to be Magars to outsiders. Isolated enclaves of monolinguals are found in Nawalparasi and southern Tanahu districts. Total users in all countries: 533,700.
Location:
Bagmati province: Ramechhap district, Likhu and Ramechhap municipalities; Sindhuli district, eastern municipalities; Kosi province: Khotang district, Halesi Tuwachung and Lamidanda municipalities; Okhaldhunga district, Champadevi, Chisankhugadhi, Likhu, Manebhanjyang, Siddhicharan, and Sunkoshi municipalities; Udayapur, northwestern municipalities.
Language Status
6b* (Threatened). Language of recognized indigenous nationality: Magar.
Classification
Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Western Tibeto-Burman, Himalayan, Central Himalayan, Kham-Magar, Magar
Dialects
Gorkha, Nawalparasi, Tanahu. Also long-extant migrant communities scattered throughout the Eastern Development Region speak a different variety from those west of Kathmandu. Reports of intelligibility between these varieties vary.
Language Use
Also use Nepali [npi].
Language Development
Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Literature. Dictionary. Texts. NT: 1991.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Magar, Eastern
Writing
Brahmi script [Brah]. Devanagari script [Deva].
Other Comments
Traditional religion, Buddhist, Christian, Hindu.

Also Spoken in

Language Name
Magar, Eastern
User Population
71,700 in India (2006 J. Leclerc). Ethnic population: 278,000 (2006 FTT).
Location
Sikkim state: South district, scattered in East district.
Language Status
6b (Threatened)
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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Map

Location: Bagmati province: Ramechhap district, Likhu and Ramechhap municipalities; Sindhuli district, eastern municipalities; Kosi province: Khotang district, Halesi Tuwachung and Lamidanda municipalities; Okhaldhunga district, Champadevi, Chisankhugadhi, Likhu, Manebhanjyang, Siddhicharan, and Sunkoshi municipalities; Udayapur, northwestern municipalities.