The Magar languages (or Magaric languages) are a small proposed family of

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spoken in Nepal, notably including Magar and

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. ''(

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'' considers each to be a cluster of languages.) They are often classified as part of the Mahakiranti family, and Van Driem (2001) proposes that they are close relatives of Mahakiranti. Several neighboring languages with uncertain affiliation may prove to belong to a larger Magar family (" Greater Magaric"). These are Chepangic, and possibly also Raji–Raute and Dura languages. Thurgood & LaPolla (2003) included

in LaPolla's speculative '

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' proposal, but found the inclusion of Magar and Chepang less probable, suggesting that the evidence for even a Magar–Kham connection is far from clear-cut. The Kaike language is also spoken by the

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, but is a Tamangic rather than a Magaric language.

Classification

Schorer (2016:293)Schorer, Nicolas. 2016. ''The Dura Language: Grammar and Phylogeny''. Leiden: Brill. classifies Magaric as part of his newly proposed Greater Magaric group. * Greater Magaric **Proto-Dura ***'' Dura'' ***'' Tandrange'' **Magaric: ''

'', '' Magar'' **Chepangic-Raji *** Chepangic: '' Chepang'', ''

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'' *** Raji-Raute: '' Raji'', '' Raute'', '' Rawat''

References

Bibliography

* George van Driem (2001) ''Languages of the Himalayas: An Ethnolinguistic Handbook of the Greater Himalayan Region.'' Brill. * Thurgood, Graham (2003) "A subgrouping of the Sino-Tibetan languages: The interaction between language contact, change, and inheritance." In G. Thurgood and R. LaPolla, eds., ''The Sino-Tibetan languages,'' pp 14–17. London: Routledge. {{Languages of Nepal *