Inverse and pseudo-inverse prefixes in Kiranti languages: evidence from Belhare, Athpare, and Dungmali
Belhare, Athpare and Dungmali are small Rai languages located in the area between l3antawa to the West and Limbu to the East. Athpare is spoken in a few villages to the East and Southeast of Dhankuta. Belhare is the language of one small settlement on the slopes of the Belhara hill South of Dhan...
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2024
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| Summary: | Belhare, Athpare and Dungmali are small Rai languages located in the
area between l3antawa to the West and Limbu to the East. Athpare is spoken
in a few villages to the East and Southeast of Dhankuta. Belhare is the
language of one small settlement on the slopes of the Belhara hill South of
Dhankuta. Informants gave Athpare-Rai as the name of their language, but it
differs considerably from Athpare both in grammar and in the lexicon and is
definitely not a dialect of it. Although the number of speakers probably
amounts to not more than 600 for Belhare and 2000 for Athpare. both
languages are still regularly spoken in the villages. No further information is
available about the situation of Dungmali. (Please see map p. 91.) |
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