| Kochila Tharu | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Nepal |
| Ethnicity | Tharu |
Native speakers | 0.3 millions in Nepal (2011 census)[1] |
Indo-European
| |
| Devanagari | |
| Official status | |
Official language in | Tharuban of Nepal |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | thq |
| Glottolog | koch1247 |
Kochila Tharu, also called Septari or Saptariya Tharu, Madhya-Purbiya Tharu, and Mid-Eastern Tharu, is a diverse group of language varieties in the Tharu group of the Indo-Aryan languages. The several names of the varieties refer to the regions where they dominate.[2] It is one of the largest subgroupings of Tharu.[3] It is spoken mainly in Nepal and India, with approximately 250,000 speakers as of 2003.[4] In addition to language, cultural markers around attire and customs connect individuals into the ethnic identity Kochila.
Heavily concentrated in the eastern area of Terai,[4] speakers of Kochila Tharu live in linguistically diverse regions and are generally multilingual (with the exception of some elderly female speakers).[5] A 2013 survey by SIL International found that the language was being taught to children as their first language and used conversationally between multiple generations of speakers, characteristics of a "vigorous" language as defined by the Ethnologue Expanded Graded Intergenerational Disruption Scale (EGIDS).[2][5]
References
- ↑ Kochila Tharu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Tharu, Madhya-Purbiya". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2018-12-12.
- ↑ Carl., Skutsch (2013). Encyclopedia of the World's Minorities. Hoboken: Taylor and Francis. ISBN 9781135193959. OCLC 863823479.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 International encyclopedia of linguistics. Frawley, William, 1953- (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2003. p. 484. ISBN 0195139771. OCLC 51478240.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 Eichentopf, Stephanie R.; Mitchell, Jessica R. "A Sociolinguistic Study of Kochila Tharu in Southeast Nepal" (PDF). www.sil.org. Retrieved 2018-12-12.