| Greater Magaric | |
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| Geographic distribution | Nepal |
| Linguistic classification | Sino-Tibetan
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| Glottolog | kham1285 |
TheGreater Magaric languages are a branch ofSino-Tibetan languages proposed by Nicolas Schorer (2016). Schorer (2016: 286-287) considers Greater Magaric to be closely related to theKiranti languages as part of a greaterHimalayish branch, and does not consider Himalayish to be particularly closely related to theTibetic languages, which includeTibetan and theTamangic languages.
Matisoff (2015: xxxii, 1123-1127), in the final print release of theSino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT), has also proposed aKham-Magar-Chepang language group.[1][2]
Schorer (2016:293)[3] classifies the Greater Magaric languages as follows.
Sino-Tibetan branches | |||||
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| WesternHimalayas (Himachal, Uttarakhand,Nepal,Sikkim) |
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| EasternHimalayas (Tibet,Bhutan,Arunachal) | |||||
| Myanmar and Indo- Burmese border |
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| East andSoutheast Asia |
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| Dubious (possible isolates,Arunachal) |
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Italics indicates single languages that are also considered to be separate branches. | |||||