| Mugom | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Nepal |
| Ethnicity | Mugali |
Native speakers | 7,500 (2011 census)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | muk |
| Glottolog | muga1241 Mugali |
| Coordinates: 29.588920, 82.447829 | |
Mugom language, also known asMugom-ket, is the Sino-Tibetan language of theMugali people ofMugu district inNepal.[2][3]
Mugom speakers self-identify as“Moa,” and are referred to as“Mugali” by non-Tibetan peoples of the area. Mugom speakers simply refer to their language as“mugu jillako bhote bhasa,” lit. ‘the Tibetan language of Mugu district.’[4]
Mugom is spoken by roughly 500 people originating from the village of Mugugau along theMugu Karnali River inMugum Karmarong Rural Municipality.[4][5] The language is specifically associated withMugali people. A small diaspora community of Mugali exists inBouddha, in the northeast part ofKathmandu.
In 2002, a sociolinguistic study found that Mugom speakers in diaspora consistently used their own language with each other, and that the language was being transmitted to children.[4] TheEthnologue has assignedEGIDS level 6a “vigorous” to theMugom–Karmarong (ISO 639-3:muk).[2] This level denotes oral use of Mugom is stable, and that the speaker population is not decreasing.[6]
There have been attempts to create health-education materials aimed at theMugali andKarani that take into account their culture and levels of literacy specifically.
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