Nachhiring is a
Kirati language spoken mostly in the eastern hills of
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is ma ...
. It merges not into Kulung in the north and Sampang in the south. A follower of the Nachiring sub-caste
Dapsnu (Samei) of Kirat Nachiring sub-caste (Pacha) Kirat Nachiring sub-caste has 110 (Samei) as found through research so far. We have 110 sub-caste of the Nachiring community. E.g. Hamele, Sibirikhu, Kubiti, Temsu others.
[https://www.nachhiring.org.np/feature/paxa/]
Names
The name can also be spelled ''Nachering'', ''Nachhereng'', ''Nacchhering'', ''Nasring'' "Bangdel". "Bangdale" is a tribal name. ''Ethnologue'' lists the alternate names Bangdale, Bangdel Tûm, Bangdile, Mathsereng, Nacchhering, Nacering Ra, Nachering Tûm, Nachiring, Nasring, Nasru Bhra.
Geographical distribution
Nachering is spoken in the following locations of Nepal (''
Ethnologue'').
*Upper northeastern
Khotang District
Khotang District ( ne, खोटाङ जिल्ला) is one of 14 districts of Province No. 1 of eastern Nepal. The district, with Diktel as its district headquarters, covers an area of and has a population (2021) of 206,312.[Sagarmatha Zone
Sagarmāthā Zone ( ne, सगरमाथा अञ्चल) or Sagarmatha Anclal ( ne, सगरमाथा अञ्चल) was one of the fourteen zones of Nepal until the restructuring of zones into provinces. The headquarters of Sagarma ...]
(in the Lidim Khola river slopes area near Rawakhola valley, headwaters and tributaries to southern
Aiselukharke): Rakha, Bangdel, Dipsun, Para, Badel, Patel, Bakachol, and Aiselukharka VDC's
*
Solukhumbu District
Solukhumbu District ( ne, सोलुखुम्बु जिल्ला , Sherpa: , Wylie: shar khum bu dzong) is one of 14 districts of Province No. 1 of eastern Nepal. As the name suggests, it consists of the subregions Solu and Khumb ...
: Waddu and Sotang VDC's
Grollmann (2018:2) reports that Nachiring is spoken in the villages of Aiselukharka, Hume, Para, Bakachol, Badel, Bangdel, Rakha, and Sumtel. It is not spoken anymore by ethnic Nachiring people living in Dharapani, Dipsun, and Dimma villages.
References
*Grollmann, Selin. 2018
A first field report on Nachiring (Kiranti) ''Himalayan Linguistics'', Vol. 17(1): 1–18.
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Kiranti languages
Languages of Nepal