Southern Ghale
[别称 Gurung, Galle Gurung, Ghale]语系:Sino-Tibetan
·易危
语系:Sino-Tibetan
·易危
信息不完整 “ Sociolinguistic profile of the Ghale language” (113-120) . Paudel, Krishna (2010)
"According to the Census of 2001 the total mother tongue speakers of the language is 1649. Although the Census does not include any population in Barpak village, the Barpaki Society has estimated the ethnic population to be more than 9,000 in Barpak. In my field study, the people reported that the number of total population of Ghale in Barpak village is around 5700. " (p. 114)
All Ghale speakers are bilingual in Nepali, and code-switch between Ghale and Nepali on a daily basis.
Nepali and Enlgish
Both Ghale and Nepali are used daily. The Ghale speak Ghale as their mother tongue and start to learn Nepali at home even before schooling. Educated peopel can also speak English because it is taught in school. Nepali is used in the official domains and singing, and with people who don't speaker Ghale.
The Ghale languages is not written down by its speaker. But educated speakers are able to read and write Devanagari (Nepali) and English.
in a small area in the central part of Gorkha district, Gandaki zone, Nepal
Gorkha district
信息不完整 “Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger” . Christopher Moseley (ed.) (2010) UNESCO Publishing