Magaric languages


The Magar languages are a small proposed family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in Nepal, notably including Magar and Kham. '' They are often classified as part of the Mahakiranti family, and Van Driem proposes that they are close relatives of Mahakiranti.
Several neighboring languages with uncertain affiliation may prove to belong to a larger Magar family. These are Chepangic, and possibly also Raji–Raute and Dura language.
Thurgood & LaPolla included Kham in LaPolla's speculative 'Rung' 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 Magar people, but is a Tamangic rather than a Magaric language.

Classification

Schorer classifies Magaric as part of his newly proposed Greater Magaric group.
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