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Chitwania Tharu also known as Lalpuriya Tharu, Chitoniya Tharu, Chitwan Tharu, Madhya Ksetriya Tharu or Central Tharu is a Indo Aryan language spoken by the Tharu people in the Bagmati Province (Chitwan District), Gandaki Province (Nawalpur district), Lumbini Province (Nawalparasi West district) and in Madhesh Province (Parsa district, northern municipalities) of Nepal as well as in Kushinagar district in Uttar Pradesh state of India. It is actively used within the language community, spoken in the home, with friends, as well as used in religion, work, and education.[1] [2][3]

Chitwania Tharu
Native toNepal, India
EthnicityTharu
Native speakers
290,000 in Nepal (2001 census)[4]
Dialects
  • Chitwan
  • Laulpuriya
  • Nawalpuriya
Devanagari
Official status
Official language in
Tharuban of Nepal
Language codes
ISO 639-3the
Glottologchit1247

The language is employed by people of all ages with mixed attitudes ranging from neutral to negative. Additionally, Chitwania Tharu speakers also speak

Bhojpuri, Hindi and Nepali. Linguistically, it follows an SOV word order, employs postpositions, and features noun head final structure.[5] It has two genders, allows up to three suffixes, and marks clause constituents through case-marking. The language has literature, newspapers, periodicals, and is used in various media such as radio and videos.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Chitwan Tharu". Ethnologue. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
  2. ^ Paudyal Krishna Prasad. 2014. A Grammar of Chitoniya Tharu. (LINCOM Grammar Handbooks, 2.) München: LINCOM. xxiii+514pp.
  3. ^ 1972 Centre for Nepal and Asian Studies (CNAS) & SIL International, Dorothy Leal. "Chitwan Tharu phonemic summary" (PDF). Language and Culture Archives.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Chitwania Tharu at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) Closed access icon
  5. ^ Hale, Austin, Leal, William M (1973). Collected papers on Khaling, Kulunge, Darai, Newari, Chitwan Tharu (PDF). Kirtipur: Summer Institute of Linguistics and Institute for Nepal and Asian Studies.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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