| Kathariya Tharu | |
|---|---|
| Native to | India,Nepal |
| Ethnicity | Tharu |
Native speakers | 110,000 in Nepal (2006)[1] |
| Devanagari | |
| Official status | |
Official language in | Tharuban ofNepal |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | tkt |
| Glottolog | kath1250 |
Kathariya Tharu also known asKathoriya Tharu is one of theIndo Aryan languages spoken by theTharu people ofNepal andIndia.[2] It is a language spoken in theSudurpashchim Province of Nepal, particularly in theKailali District, including areas likeBardagoriya,Bhajani,Ghodaghodi,Joshipur. Additionally, it is spoken in theUttar Pradesh state ofIndia, specifically inBahraich andLakhimpur Kheri districts near the Nepal border.[3][4][5]
There are speech differences between the dialects spoken in Nepal and those in India. The lexical similarity of Kathariya Tharu is around 70%–76% withDangaura Tharu andRana Tharu, 66% withHindi, 66%–69% withBuksa, 63% with Central Tharu, and 51%–59% withKochila Tharu.[3][4][5]
In terms of linguistic characteristics, Kathariya Tharu follows an SOV (Subject-Object-Verb) word order, uses postpositions, and has a tendency for noun head final (unmarked). There has been some language shifting to Hindi, but Kathariya Tharu is still used by all, alongsideHindi andNepali in the region.[3][4][5]
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