Also Known As:
Rai, Kaling, Khalinge Rai, Khael Bra, Khael Baat
Dialects & Varieties
An overview of Khaling verbal morphology
Jacques, Guillaume and Lahaussois, Aimée and Michailovsky, Boyd and Rai, Dhan Bahadur. 2012. An overview of Khaling verbal morphology. Language and Linguistics 13. 1095-1170.
Vulnerable
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
15,000
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 0
Almost all members of the community or ethnic group speak the language, and the number of speakers is stable or increasing.
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Transmission
Transmission -1
All members of the community, including children, speak the language.
-1
Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
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Second-language speakers and learners
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Semi-speakers or rememberers
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Children:
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Young adults
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Older adults
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Elders
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Ethnic or community population
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Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
Nearly all the Khaling speakers are bilingual in Nepali.
Location and Context
Countries
Nepal
Location Description
Solukhumbu, Eastern Nepal
Government Support
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Institutional Support
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Speakers' Attitude
positive
Other Languages Used By The Community
Nepali
Number of Other Language Speakers:
all
Domains of Other Languages:
None
Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Writing system:
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Other writing systems used:
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Comments on writing systems:
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Recent Resources
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