Magar language

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Magar language is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken primarily by the Magar ethnic community in central and western Nepal.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Magar language canonical 6

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sino-Tibetan language
language
belongsToBranch Magaric branch
closelyRelatedTo Chepang language NERFINISHED
Gurung language NERFINISHED
country Nepal
endangermentStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroup Magar people NERFINISHED
family Sino-Tibetan language family NERFINISHED
glottocode maga1262
hasAlternativeName Magar Bhāṣā NERFINISHED
Magar Kura NERFINISHED
hasCaseMarking postpositional case markers
hasCommunity Magar ethnic group of Nepal NERFINISHED
hasDialect Eastern Magar NERFINISHED
Kham Magar NERFINISHED
Western Magar NERFINISHED
hasMorphologyType agglutinative
hasNumberCategory plural
singular
hasPersonCategory first person
second person
third person
hasPhonologicalFeature tonal contrasts in some dialects
hasScriptUsage Devanagari for education and publications
hasTenseCategory future
past
present
hasWritingSystem Devanagari script NERFINISHED
Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script
influencedBy Nepali language NERFINISHED
ISO639-3Code mgp
languageStatus minority language
recognized language of Nepal
nativeTo Magar community NERFINISHED
primaryWordOrder SOV
regionOfUse hills of central Nepal
hills of western Nepal
spokenIn Nepal NERFINISHED
spokenInRegion central Nepal
western Nepal
subfamily Tibeto-Burman NERFINISHED
usedFor daily communication within Magar communities
folk songs
oral tradition
rituals
usedInEducation local primary education in some Magar areas
writingDirection left-to-right

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gandaki Province hasMajorLanguage Magar language
Magar language Magar language
Palpa District hasLanguage Magar language
Nepali people otherLanguage Magar language
Baglung District majorLanguages Magar language
Tanahun District hasLanguage Magar language