Not to be confused with the Magyar language, known in English as Hungarian
Magar
मगर ढुट (magar ḍhuṭ)
Native to
Nepal, India
Region
Nepal; significant communities in Bhutan; Sikkim; Assam and Darjeeling district of India
Ethnicity
2.0 million Magar (2021 census of Nepal)[1]
Native speakers
810,000 (2001–2006)[1]
Language family
Sino-Tibetan
Tibeto-Burman
Himalayish
Mahakiranti
Magaric
Magar
Writing system
Akkha script (official), Devanagari, Latin script
Official status
Official language in
India
Sikkim (additional)[2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Either: mgp – Eastern Magar mrd – Western Magar
Glottolog
maga1261
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Magar Dhut (Nepali: मगर ढुट, Nepali:[ɖʱuʈ]) is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken mainly in Nepal, southern Bhutan, and in Darjeeling and Sikkim, India, by the Magar people. It is divided into two groups (Eastern and Western) and further dialect divisions give distinct tribal identity.[3] In Nepal 810,000 people speak the language.
While the government of Nepal developed Magar language curricula, as provisioned by the constitution, the teaching materials have never successfully reached Magar schools, where most school instruction is in the Nepali language.[4] It is not unusual for groups with their own language to feel that the "mother-tongue" is an essential part of identity.
The Dhut Magar language is sometimes lumped with the Magar Kham language spoken further west in Bheri, Dhaulagiri, and Rapti zones. Although the two languages share many common words, they have major structural differences and are not mutually intelligible.[5]
^ abEastern Magar at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) Western Magar at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)
^"50th Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). 16 July 2014. p. 109. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 January 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
^"The Eastern Magar of Nepal". Archived from the original on 18 March 2007. Retrieved 12 September 2007.
^B. K. Rana. "Mother Tongue Education for Social Inclusion and Conflict Resolution". Appeals, News and Views from Endangered Communities. Foundation for Endangered Languages. Archived from the original on 16 February 2003. Retrieved 12 September 2007.
^Kansakar, Tej R. (July 1993). "The Tibeto-Burman Languages of Nepal - A General Survey" (PDF). Contributions to Nepalese Studies. 20 (2): 165–173. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
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