Magaric languages
Proposed Sino-Tibetan subfamily of Nepal
The Magar languages (or Magaric languages) are a small proposed family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in Nepal and India, notably including Magar and Kham. (Ethnologue considers each to be a cluster of languages.) They are often classified as part of the Mahakiranti family, and Van Driem (2001) proposes that they are close relatives of Mahakiranti.
Several neighboring languages with uncertain affiliation may prove to belong to a larger Magar family ("Greater Magaric"). These are Chepangic, and possibly also Raji-Raute and Dura languages.
Thurgood & LaPolla (2003) 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.
01Classification
Schorer (2016:293) classifies Magaric as part of his newly proposed Greater Magaric group.
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