Kham language

Dialects

Magar Kham speakers generally refer to their dialect using the name of an important village or river in conjunction with the Nepaliinstrumental suffix [-le] or the genitive suffix [-i]. Thus, it can be said that Magar Kham has as many dialects as there are villages and rivers in their native territory. The table below presents the major dialects of the Magar Kham language as they have been classified by David E. Watters. The ISO 639-3 codes associated with each major dialect are presented in brackets.