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| Khaling | |
|---|---|
| khāliṅ | |
| खालिङ | |
| Native to | Nepal |
| Region | Solukhumbu and Khotang districts |
| Ethnicity | Khaling Rai |
Native speakers | 14,467 in Nepal (2011 census)[1] unknown number in India[1] |
Sino-Tibetan
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| Devanagari | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | klr |
| Glottolog | khal1275 |
| ELP | Khaling |
Khaling (kʰɛ̂l brâː ख्या:ल् ब्रा:) is a Kiranti language spoken in Solukhumbu district, Nepal and Sikkim, Darjeeling, and Kalimpong in India. It is one of the few Kiranti languages with tonal contrasts, which are of secondary origin.[2][3]
Khaling has approximately 15,000 speakers and is therefore considered a vulnerable language. Khaling has a complex system of stem alternations: as many as 10 distinct stems have to be posited for a word (Jacques et al. 2012). Khaling is very unusual in having an auditory demonstrative (see Jacques and Lahaussois 2014). Khaling is also known as Rai, Khalinge Rai, Khael Bra, and Khael Baat.[4]
- ^ a b Khaling at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Jacques, Guillaume; Lahaussois, Aimée; Michailovsky, Boyd; Rai, Dhan Bahadur (2012). "An Overview of Khaling Verbal Morphology". Language and Linguistics. 13 (6): 1095–1170. ProQuest 1525426362.
- ^ Jacques, Guillaume (2016). "Tonogenesis and tonal alternations in Khaling". In Palancar, Enrique L.; Léonard, Jean Léo (eds.). Tone and Inflection: New Facts and New Perspectives. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. pp. 41–66. ISBN 978-3-11-045275-4.
- ^ "Did you know Khaling is vulnerable?". Endangered Languages. Retrieved 2016-05-01.
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