Thakali
Thakali is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Nepal. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Thakali is a Sino-Tibetan language of Nepal spoken by the Thakali people, mainly in the Myagdi and Mustang Districts. Its dialects have limited mutual intelligibility.
Other names and dialect names are Barhagaule, Marpha, Panchgaunle, Puntan Thakali, Syang, Tamhang Thakali, Thaksaatsaye, Thaksatsae, Thaksya, Tukuche, Yhulkasom.
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Words in Thakali
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | mi* | |
| name | min* | |
| eye | mi* | |
| ear | na* | |
| nose | na* | |
| tooth | sa* | |
| tongue | le* | |
| hand | ya* | |
| blood | ka* | |
| bone | natri* | |
| skin | tri* | |
| knee | putri* | |
| breast | Nye* | |
| liver | Nye* | |
| water | kyu* | |
| fire | me* | |
| sun | tiNi* | |
| star | sar* | |
| stone | impa* | |
| mountain | kaN* | |
| tree | truN* | |
| leaf | pa* | |
| night | Nona* | |
| dog | nakyn* | |
| fish | tarNa* | |
| louse | Se* | |
| one | tri* | |
| two | Ni* | |
| I | Na* | |
| you | kyaN* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Seke (Nepal)Sino-Tibetan69% alike
- Eastern TamangSino-Tibetan58% alike
- ManangeSino-Tibetan57% alike
- Western TamangSino-Tibetan51% alike
- Eastern Gorkha TamangSino-Tibetan43% alike
- Southern GhaleSino-Tibetan32% alike
Grammar
- Southern GhaleSino-Tibetan88% alike
- ChocangacakhaSino-Tibetan85% alike
- Peripheral MongolianMongolic-Khitan85% alike
- ManangeSino-Tibetan84% alike
- MalavedanDravidian83% alike
- BaraamuSino-Tibetan83% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
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