Kham Magar

Kham Magar
खाम मगर
Total population
	71,000
Regions with significant populations
	Nepal
Languages
	Magar Kham language
Religion
	Hinduism, Shamanism, Christianity, and Buddhism
Related ethnic groups
	Magar, Chepang, Bhujel and other Tibeto-Burman ethnic groups

The Kham Magars (खाम मगर), also known in scholarship as the Northern Magars, are a (Tibeto-Burman language) Magar Kham language or Kham Kura speaking indigenous ethnic tribal community native to Nepal.^[1]^[2]^[3] In general, Kham Magars refer to themselves using their clan name and the ethnic identity of Magar.^[4] Kham Magar clan names include Budha/ Budhathoki, Gharti, Pun and Roka, and each clan is subdivided into many sub-clans name. The language of the Kham Magars is called Magar Kham among other glottonyms. It is estimated that about 71,000 Kham Magars live in the Middle Hills of mid-western Nepal, in the districts of Rukum, Rolpa, and Baglung.^[5] Scattered communities also live in Jajarkot, Dailekh, Kalikot, Achham, and Doti districts as well as in the capital city of Kathmandu.^[6]^[7]

^ Hitchcock, John T. (1966). The Magars of Banyan Hill. New York, NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.
^ Fischer, James F. (1986). Trans-Himalayan traders: Economy, society, and culture in northwest Nepal. Berkeley, CA: University of California.
^ Oppitz, Michael. (1991). Onkels tochter, keine sonst. Uncle's Daughter, Nobody Else. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp.
^ Leman, Joseph D. (2019). “Sociolinguistic Profile of Maikoti Kham: A sociolinguistic study of the Kham language spoken in the area of Maikot village in East Rukum District of Nepal.” Journal of Language Survey Reports. SIL International.
^ Central Bureau of Statistics. (2014). National population and housing census 2011. Kathmandu: Government of Nepal.
^ Watters, David E. (2002). A Grammar of Kham. Cambridge Univ. Press.
^ Watters, David E. (2004). A dictionary of Kham : Taka dialect (a Tibeto-Burman language of Nepal). Kathmandu: Central Department of Linguistics, Tribhuvan University. ISBN 9993352659. OCLC 62895872.

[1] Hitchcock, John T. (1966). The Magars of Banyan Hill. New York, NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.

[2] Fischer, James F. (1986). Trans-Himalayan traders: Economy, society, and culture in northwest Nepal. Berkeley, CA: University of California.

[3] Oppitz, Michael. (1991). Onkels tochter, keine sonst. Uncle's Daughter, Nobody Else. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp.

[4] Leman, Joseph D. (2019). “Sociolinguistic Profile of Maikoti Kham: A sociolinguistic study of the Kham language spoken in the area of Maikot village in East Rukum District of Nepal.” Journal of Language Survey Reports. SIL International.

[5] Central Bureau of Statistics. (2014). National population and housing census 2011. Kathmandu: Government of Nepal.

[6] Watters, David E. (2002). A Grammar of Kham. Cambridge Univ. Press.

[7] Watters, David E. (2004). A dictionary of Kham : Taka dialect (a Tibeto-Burman language of Nepal). Kathmandu: Central Department of Linguistics, Tribhuvan University. ISBN 9993352659. OCLC 62895872.

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