Gurung (exonym; Nepali: गुरुङ) or Tamu (endonym; Gurung: རྟམུ) are an ethnic group living in the hills and mountains of Gandaki Province of Nepal. Gurungs...
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Sikkim such as Bhujel, Bhutia, Bahun (Khas), Chhetri (Khas), Yakkha, Damai, Gurung, Kami, Rai, Lepcha, Limbu, Magars, Newar, Jogi (Sanyasi/Giri), Sarki, Sherpa...
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Sarki, Gandarbha, Kumal, etc. Other Tibeto-ethnic groups include Tamang, Gurung, Magar, Newar, Bhujel (Khawas), Sherpa and Thami. The Kirati people include...
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Dal Bahadur Gurung, popularly known as Hum Jayega (हम जाएगा) (1922–1992) is a person often cited as a funny character in folklore and jokes in Nepal, Darjeeling...
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proximity to a number of Tibeto-Burman languages, most notably Kirati and Gurung, and shows Tibeto-Burman influences Crimson is a strong, bright, deep reddish...
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smaller non-Indo-Aryan (esp. non-Gorkhali) groups such as the Tamang and Gurung in Southern Bhutan, and the Kiranti groups (including the Rai and Limbu...
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respectively: Bodish Bodish West Bodish Central Bodish South Bodish East Bodish Gurung (Tamangic) Tshangla Rgyalrongic It is now generally accepted that the languages...
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region. The Sino-Tibetan languages includes Tamang, Newari, Magar language, Gurung language, Kiranti languages and Sherpa language and are often spoken in...
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English, Nepali, Bhutia, and Lepcha. Additional official languages include Gurung, Limbu, Magar, Mukhia, Newari, Rai, Sherpa and Tamang for the purpose of...
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Khan in San Rafael and Pandit Ravi Shankar in Southern California. Prabal Gurung, a Nepalese American fashion designer based in New York is an established...
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1.5% Tajpuriya, 1.2% Magar, 1.0% Dhimal, 0.8% Tharu, 0.7% Bengali, 0.6% Gurung, 0.5% Meche, 0.4% Bantawa, 0.4% Bhojpuri, 0.4% Hindi, 0.4% Rajasthani, 0...
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Meitei language (redirect from Lingua Meitei)
Tibeto-Burman language of northeast India. It is the official language and the lingua franca of Manipur and an additional official language in four districts...
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Mills 2004, p. 51. Barlow, A. C. D.; McDougal, C.; Smith, J. L. D.; Gurung, B.; Bhatta, S. R.; Kumal, S.; Mahato, B. & Taman, D. B. (2009). "Temporal...
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largest number of first-language speakers in India today, serves as the lingua franca across much of northern and central India. However, there have been...
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the official language of the state being English, Nagamese functions as a lingua franca and is spoken by nearly all Nagaland inhabitants. It is also used...
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Nepanglish (2000) or Neplish (2002). Languages of Nepal Nepali Language Nepal Gurung Language Magar Language Tamang Language Limbu Language Newar Language Eak...
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constitute the lower-body garment in the traditional clothing of Tharus, Gurungs and Magars as well as the Madhesi people, among others. Other forms of...
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Indian state of Assam, where it is an official language. It serves as a lingua franca of the wider region and has over 15 million native speakers according...
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Nepali language (category Lingua francas)
official, and most widely spoken, language of Nepal, where it also serves as a lingua franca. Nepali has official status in the Indian state of Sikkim and in...
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minority. There are over 450,000 speakers of this language. Hakha Chin is the lingua franca in Thantlang and Hakha townships of Chin State. The Hakha Chin (Lai)...
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Haflong Hindi (Hindi: हफ़लौंग हिन्दी) is the lingua franca of Dima Hasao district of Assam state of India. It is a pidgin that stemmed from Hindustani...
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region. The national language of Bhutan is Dzongkha, while Lepcha, Limbu, Gurung, Magar, Rai, Newari, Tamang, Tshangla, Thakali and Sikkimese are also spoken...
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some major languages spoken by indigenous peoples in the region: Magar and Gurung in the west-central hills, Tamang in the east-centre and Limbu in the east...
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Some of the languages include: Nepal Bhasa, Tamang, Sherpa, Rai, Magar, Gurung, Maithili, Awadhi, English, Limbu, Bhojpuri, etc. Dutch is the official...
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mainly in the Indian state of Mizoram, where it is the official language and lingua franca. It is the mother tongue of the Mizo people and some members of the...
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security personnel, Nepali population consist of Rana, Chettri, Rai and Gurung clans. Other minorities include Filipinos and Burmese. A small number of...
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in: the Benishangul-Gumuz Region, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Gurung – तमु क्यी Official language in: the Indian state of Sikkim Gwich'in – Gwich'in...
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Maithili, 0.4% Magar, 0.4% Newar, 0.3% Doteli, 0.3% Santali, 0.2% Hindi, 0.1% Gurung, 0.1% Sherpa and 0.1% other languages as their first language. In terms...
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including Yiddish, Ladino, and Judeo-Arabic. In addition, English serves as the lingua franca of Israel. Though many Jewish languages are not genetically related...
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Gorkha ethnic groups include Chhetri, Thakuri, Bahun, Jogi/Sanyasi, Magar, Gurung, Kami, Damai, Tamang, Newar, Thami, Sherpa, Yalmo. Other communities are...
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