Seke (Nepal)
Seke (Nepal) is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Nepal. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Seke (Serke, Tangbe, Tetang, Chuksang) is a Tamangic language, sometimes considered a separate language from Thakali. Seke is spoken in the villages of Tangbe, Tetang, Chuksang, Chaile, and Gyakar in Mustang District, northern Nepal. Martine Mazaudon has documented the Tangbe dialect of Seke as spoken by an expatriate speaker in Paris. Honda (2002) also documented two other dialects of Seke, Tetang and Chuksang.
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Words in Seke (Nepal)
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | mi* | |
| name | min* | |
| eye | mi* | |
| ear | na* | |
| nose | na* | |
| tooth | sa* | |
| tongue | le* | |
| hand | ya* | |
| blood | ka* | |
| bone | rikko* | |
| skin | Ti* | |
| knee | pui* | |
| liver | Thimpo* | |
| water | kyu* | |
| fire | me* | |
| sun | tini* | |
| star | sar* | |
| stone | yumpu* | |
| mountain | kaN* | |
| tree | TuN* | |
| leaf | pa* | |
| night | minTe* | |
| dog | nakyu* | |
| fish | nyasya* | |
| louse | sye* | |
| one | gih7* | |
| two | nih* | |
| I | Na* | |
| you | gyah* | |
| we | nyah* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- ThakaliSino-Tibetan69% alike
- ManangeSino-Tibetan55% alike
- Eastern TamangSino-Tibetan54% alike
- Western TamangSino-Tibetan48% alike
- Eastern Gorkha TamangSino-Tibetan41% alike
- GurungSino-Tibetan38% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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