Seke language (Nepal)
| Seke | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Nepal |
| Region | Mustang District, New York City |
| Ethnicity | Gurung people |
Native speakers | (undated figure of 700) |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | skj |
| Glottolog | seke1240 |
| ELP | Seke (Nepal) |
Seke (Serke, Tangbe, Tetang, Chuksang) is a Tamangic language, sometimes considered a separate language from Thakali. Seke is spoken in the villages of Tangbe, Tetang, Chuksang, Chaile, and Gyakar in Mustang District, northern Nepal. Martine Mazaudon has documented the Tangbe dialect of Seke as spoken by an expatriate speaker in Paris.[1] Honda (2002) also documented two other dialects of Seke, Tetang and Chuksang.[2]
Geographical distribution
Seke is spoken by Gurung of Chuksang, Tsaile, Tangbe, Tetang, and Gyakar villages of Mustang District, Dhawalagiri Zone. There are only 700 native speakers of this language, 100 of whom live in New York City. Reportedly, half of the New York City speakers live in the same apartment building.[3][4][5]
Dialects
Seke has the following dialects.
- Tangbe
- Tetang
- Chuksang
References
- ↑ Mazaudon, Martine. 2023. The name of the Se(r)ke language and the reconstruction of a final -s in proto-TGTM (Tamangish). 26th Himalayan Languages Symposium, 4-6 September 2023. Paris: INALCO.
- ↑ Honda, Isao. 2002. Seke phonology: a comparative study of three Seke dialects. [./Linguistics_of_the_Tibeto-Burman_Area Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area] 25(1): 191-210.
- ↑ Freytas-Tamura, Kimiko de (2020-01-07). "Just 700 Speak This Language (50 in the Same Brooklyn Building)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
- ↑ Robbins, Christopher (2019-12-03). "Dazzling Map Shows NYC's Incredible Linguistic Diversity". Gothamist. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
- ↑ "There's New Hope For Endangered Languages In NYC". 2020-01-09. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
