| Kaike | |
|---|---|
| Magar Kaike | |
| Native to | Nepal |
| Ethnicity | 2,000 (2011)1 |
Native speakers | 50 (2011 census)1 |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kzq |
| Glottolog | kaik1246 |
| ELP | Kaike |
Magar Kaike is a Sino-Tibetan language of Nepal. Ethnologue classifies it as a West Bodish language.
Distribution
Kaike is a nepali magar language spoken in Shahartara, Samteling, Tupatara, Tarakot, Namdel and Belawa villages of kaike Rural Municipality, Dolpa District, Karnali Province, Nepal (Ethnologue).
Linguistic contact
Honda (2008)2 notes that Kaike shares many words with Tamangic, but is not part of Tamangic proper. It is also in contact with Tichurong, a divergent Tibetic lect spoken near the Kaike-speaking areas.3 Zemp (2023) discusses the heavy influence of Tichurong on Kaike, but notes that Kaike has a Tamangic base.4
Lexicon
Honda (2008) lists the following Kaike words.
| No. | Gloss | Kaike |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | gold | mar |
| 2 | cow | mi |
| 3 | blood | kah |
| 4 | black | Myanma- |
| 5 | red | loma |
| 6 | green | piŋgma |
| 7 | milk cow | Ne |
| 8 | thread | rup |
| 9 | heart | diŋg |
| 10 | (be) dry | khār- |
| 11 | snow | liŋ |
| 12 | hen | kā: |
| 13 | egg | kā:-pum |
| 14 | lay eggs | phum- |
| 15 | excrement | khyi |
| 16 | one | ti: |
| 17 | nose | nā |
| 18 | to rest | nā- |
| 19 | nasal mucus | nap |
| 20 | seven | ne |
| 21 | thin | bā- |
| 22 | eye | mi: |
| 23 | name | min |
| 24 | fire | me |
| 25 | tongue | lai |
| 26 | month | lā |
| 27 | ladder | li |
| 28 | heavy | li- |
| 29 | break (e.g., firewood) | kyut- |
| 30 | plough, dig | khoə- |
| 31 | borrow/lend | khyi- |
| 32 | field | khye |
| 33 | chest | gu |
| 34 | borrow | ŋan- |
| 35 | nest | cāŋ |
| 36 | bridge | cām |
| 37 | daughter | came |
| 38 | hang, tie | cun- |
| 39 | knead | cyen- |
| 40 | hair | cham |
| 41 | lift | thi- |
| 42 | measure (e.g., length) | kāt- |
| 43 | portion | kāl |
| 44 | burn | ko- |
| 45 | weigh | kot- |
| 46 | shake | khār- |
| 47 | feed | khoə:- |
| 48 | grandfather | khye |
| 49 | suck | ŋup- |
| 50 | cook, put on the stove | cu:- |
| 51 | now | cõ: |
| 52 | count | jyer- |
| 53 | what | tai |
| 54 | receive | tā:- |
| 55 | post, pillar | tā: |
| 56 | spread | tit- |
| 57 | this year | tiriŋ |
| 58 | meet | do:- |
| 59 | need to | toə- |
| 60 | today | tyā |
| 61 | full | nāŋ- |
| 62 | tomorrow | nāpcye |
| 63 | garlic | noə |
| 64 | break (itr.) | noŋ- |
| 65 | fear | nyin- |
| 66 | go | yā |
| 67 | marker of hearsay | ru |
| 68 | village | nām |
| 69 | dog | khyu |
| 70 | fly (insect) | baraŋ |
| 71 | fish | ŋā |
| 72 | foot, leg | le |
| 73 | grind | ra:- |
| 74 | cliff | ra: |
| 75 | four | li |
| 76 | flatten | lep- |
| 77 | see | raŋ- |
| 78 | smile, laugh | rai- |
| 79 | penis | lu |
| 80 | forget | let- |
| 81 | rice | lā |
| 82 | flour | rā:pi |
| 83 | buckwheat | barau: |
References
References
- Kaike at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- Honda, Isao. 2008. Some observations on the relationship between Kaike and Tamangic. Nepalese Linguistics 23: 85-116.
- Honda, Isao. 2018. Preliminary report on Tichyurong Tibetan (Dolpa, Nepal). Proceedings of the 51st International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics (2018). Kyoto: Kyoto University.
- Zemp, Marius. 2023. Tichurong-Tibetic influence in the grammar of Kaike (Nepal). 26th Himalayan Languages Symposium, 4-6 September 2023. Paris: INALCO.