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खाम मगर | |
|---|---|
| Total population | |
| 71,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Nepal | |
| Languages | |
| Magar Kham language | |
| Religion | |
| Hinduism, Shamanism, Christianity, and Buddhism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Magar, Chepang, Bhujel and other Tibeto-Burman ethnic groups |
The Kham Magars (खाम मगर), also known in scholarship as the Northern Magars, are a (Tibeto-Burman language) Magar Kham language or Kham Kura speaking indigenous ethnic tribal community native to Nepal.[1][2][3] In general, Kham Magars refer to themselves using their clan name and the ethnic identity of Magar.[4] Kham Magar clan names include Budha/ Budhathoki, Gharti, Pun and Roka, and each clan is subdivided into many sub-clans name. The language of the Kham Magars is called Magar Kham among other glottonyms. It is estimated that about 71,000 Kham Magars live in the Middle Hills of mid-western Nepal, in the districts of Rukum, Rolpa, Baglung and Myagdi.[5] Scattered communities also live in Jajarkot, Dailekh, Kalikot, Achham, and Doti districts as well as in the capital city of Kathmandu.[6][7]
- ^ Hitchcock, John T. (1966). The Magars of Banyan Hill. New York, NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.
- ^ Fischer, James F. (1986). Trans-Himalayan traders: Economy, society, and culture in northwest Nepal. Berkeley, CA: University of California.
- ^ Oppitz, Michael. (1991). Onkels tochter, keine sonst. Uncle's Daughter, Nobody Else. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp.
- ^ Leman, Joseph D. (2019). “Sociolinguistic Profile of Maikoti Kham: A sociolinguistic study of the Kham language spoken in the area of Maikot village in East Rukum District of Nepal.” Journal of Language Survey Reports. SIL International.
- ^ Central Bureau of Statistics. (2014). National population and housing census 2011. Kathmandu: Government of Nepal.
- ^ Watters, David E. (2002). A Grammar of Kham. Cambridge Univ. Press.
- ^ Watters, David E. (2004). A dictionary of Kham : Taka dialect (a Tibeto-Burman language of Nepal). Kathmandu: Central Department of Linguistics, Tribhuvan University. ISBN 9993352659. OCLC 62895872.