TheMagar languages (orMagaric languages) are a small proposed family ofSino-Tibetan languages spoken in Nepal and India, notably includingMagar andKham.(Ethnologue considers each to be a cluster of languages.) They are often classified as part of theMahakiranti family, and Van Driem (2001) proposes that they are close relatives of Mahakiranti.

Several neighboring languages with uncertain affiliation may prove to belong to a larger Magar family ("Greater Magaric"). These areChepangic, and possibly alsoRaji–Raute andDura languages.

Thurgood & LaPolla (2003) includedKham 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 is far from clear-cut.

TheKaike language is also spoken by theMagar people, but is aTamangic rather than a Magaric language.

Schorer (2016:293)^[1] classifies Magaric as part of his newly proposedGreater Magaric group.

• George van Driem (2001)Languages of the Himalayas: An Ethnolinguistic Handbook of the Greater Himalayan Region. Brill.
• Thurgood, Graham (2003) "A subgrouping of the Sino-Tibetan languages: The interaction between language contact, change, and inheritance." In G. Thurgood and R. LaPolla, eds.,The Sino-Tibetan languages, pp 14–17. London: Routledge.

• Magaric languages
• Languages of Nepal
• Languages of India

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