Magar Kaike is a Sino-Tibetan language of Nepal. ''Ethnologue'' classifies it as a West Bodish language.

Distribution

Kaike is a nepali magar language spoken in Shahartara, Samteling,Tupatara, Tarakot,Namdel and Belawa villages of kaike Rural Municipality,

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Linguistic contact

Honda (2008) notes that Kaike shares many words with Tamangic, but is not part of Tamangic proper. It is also in contact with Tichurong, a divergent Tibetic lect spoken near the Kaike-speaking areas. Zemp (2023) discusses the heavy influence of Tichurong on Kaike, but notes that Kaike has a Tamangic base.Zemp, Marius. 2023. ''Tichurong-Tibetic influence in the grammar of Kaike (Nepal)''. 26th Himalayan Languages Symposium, 4-6 September 2023. Paris: INALCO.

Lexicon

Honda (2008) lists the following Kaike words.

References

Languages of Nepal Tamangic languages Endangered Sino-Tibetan languages Languages of Karnali Province {{st-lang-stub