The Magar languages (or Magaric languages ) are a small proposed family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in Nepal, 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.
3-464: 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
6-489: Is far from clear-cut. The Kaike language is also spoken by the Magar people , but is a Tamangic rather than a Magaric language. Schorer (2016:293) classifies Magaric as part of his newly proposed Greater Magaric group. Greater Magaric The Greater Magaric languages are a branch of Sino-Tibetan languages proposed by Nicolas Schorer (2016). Schorer (2016: 286-287) considers Greater Magaric to be closely related to
9-674: The Kiranti languages as part of a greater Himalayish branch, and does not consider Himalayish to be particularly closely related to the Tibetic languages , which include Tibetan and the Tamangic languages . Matisoff (2015: xxxii, 1123-1127), in the final print release of the Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT), has also proposed a Kham - Magar - Chepang language group. Schorer (2016:293) classifies
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