Khas Kura

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Khas Kura is the historical form of the Nepali language that originated among the Khas people of the Himalayan region.

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Khas Kura canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan language
historical language
language
associatedEthnicity Khas people
closelyRelatedTo Garhwali
surface form: Garhwali language

Kumaoni language
culturalRole vehicle of Khas literature and folklore
developedInto modern Nepali
hasAlternativeName Gorkhali
Khasic languages
surface form: Khas language

Naipali
Nepali
surface form: Old Nepali

Parbate
hasGrammaticalType SOV word order
hasISOStatus no separate modern ISO 639-3 code (treated under Nepali)
hasMorphology fusional morphology
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive aspiration in stops
retroflex consonants
hasScriptHistory historically written in early Devanagari forms
historicalPeriod medieval period of Nepal
influenced standard Nepali
isHistoricalFormOf Nepali
surface form: Nepali language
languageBranch Indo-Iranian languages
languageFamily Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European languages
languageSubbranch Indo-Aryan languages
lexifierFor many modern Nepali dialects
originatedAmong Kumaoni people
surface form: Khas people
partOf Greater Pahari linguistic continuum
predecessorOf official language of modern Nepal (Nepali)
region Himalayas
spokenIn Himalayan region
central Nepal
parts of Himachal Pradesh
parts of Uttarakhand
western Nepal
spokenInHistorical Kingdom of Khasa
standardizedInto Gorkhali of the Gorkha kingdom
subclassOf Western Pahari language
surface form: Central Pahari language

Western Pahari language
surface form: Pahari language
transitionedInto standard Nepali by 19th century
usedAs lingua franca in western Nepal (historical)
usedBy Gorkha Kingdom
surface form: Gorkha Kingdom administration (historical)
usedIn land and tax records in Khas regions (historical)
royal edicts of western Nepal (historical)
writingSystem Devanagari script

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Nepali alternativeName Khas Kura