Mewahang (Meohang), or Newahang, is a
Kiranti language spoken in
Nepal. The eastern and western dialects are structurally distinct.
Distribution and dialects
Western Mewahang is spoken in the upper Arun valley west of the
Arun River in
Sankhuwasabha District,
Kosi Zone, in the villages of Bala,
Yamdang,
Tamku, and
Sisuwa (''
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*The ''Bala'' dialect is spoken in Bala village,
Sankhuwasabha VDC.
*The ''Bumdemba'' dialect is spoken in
Sishuwakhola VDC.
Eastern Mewahang is spoken in
Mangtewa,
Yaphu, and
Choyang VDC's of
Sankhuwasabha District,
Kosi Zone (''
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''). It is spoken in the upper Arun valley east of the
Arun River.
*The ''Sunsari'' dialect is spoken
Bhaludhunga and
Bishnupaduka VDC's of
Sunsari District.
*The ''Dibum (Dibung)'' dialect is spoken in
Mangtewa VDC
*The ''Mulgaon-Wangtang'' dialect is spoken in
Yaphu VDC.
Further reading
*Gerber, Pascal; Selin Grollmann (2020).
A field report on Sam Rai (Kiranti)'. ICSTLL 53.
*Bickel, Balthasar/Martin Gaenszle (2015). ‘First person objects, antipassives, and the political history of the Southern Kirant’. In: ''Journal of South Asian Languages and Linguistics'' 2.1. 63–86.
*van Driem, George (2001). ''Languages of the Himalayas''. An Ethnolinguistic Handbook of the Greater Himalayan Region. 2 vols. Leiden/Boston/Köln: Brill.
*Gaenszle, Martin (2000). ''Origins and Migrations. Kinship, Mythology and Ethnic Identity among the Mewahang Rai of East Nepal''. Kathmandu: Mandala Book Point.
*Hanßon, Gerd (1991). ''The Rai of Eastern Nepal: Ethnic and Linguistic Grouping. Findings of the Linguistic Survey of Nepal''. Kirtipur: Linguistic Survey of Nepal/Centre for Nepal/Asian Studies, Tribhuvan University.
References
Kiranti languages
Languages of Nepal
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