Nar Phu language

Nar Phu
Native toNepal
RegionManang district
Native speakers
600 (2011)[1]
Dialects
  • Nar (Lower Nar)
  • Phu (Upper Nar)
Language codes
ISO 639-3npa
Glottolognarp1239
ELPNar Phu
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Nar Phu, or ’Narpa, is a Sino-Tibetan variety spoken in the two villages of Nar and Phu, in the Valley of the Nar Khola in the Manang district of Nepal. It forms a dialect continuum with Manang and may be intelligible with it; however, the Nar and Phu share a secret language to confound Gyasumdo and Manang who would otherwise understand them.[1]

  1. ^ a b Nar Phu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)