Ghale language explained

Ghale
States:	Nepal
Speakers:	26,000
Date:	2006
Ref:	e18
Familycolor:	Sino-Tibetan
Fam2:	Tamangic?
Fam3:	Ghale languages
Lc1:	ghh
Ld1:	Northern
Lc2:	ghe
Ld2:	Southern
Glotto:	nucl1818
Glottoname:	Nuclear Ghale

Ghale is a Tibeto-Burman language of Nepal. It belongs to the group of Ghale languages. The dialects of Ghale have limited intelligibility: (south) Barpak, Kyaura, Laprak, (north) Khorla, Uiya, Jagat, Philim, Nyak

Dialects

Ethnologue divides Ghale into the Northern and Southern varieties.

• Northern Ghale (4,440 speakers as of 2006) is spoken in Buri Gandaki valley in Gorkha District, Gandaki Province. Dialects are Khorla, Uiya, Jagat, Philim, and Nyak.
• Southern Ghale (21,500 speakers as of 2006) is spoken in the hills south of Macha Khola in Gorkha District, Gandaki Province. Dialects are Barpak, Kyaura, and Laprak.