Yakkha, Chhathare

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A language of Nepal

ISO 639-3
luu
Alternate Names
Lumba-Yakkha, Yakkhaba Cea
User Population

1,200 (2000).

Location

Kosi province: Dhankuta district, Mahalaxmi municipality, Chattahara village.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification
Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Western Tibeto-Burman, Himalayan, Kiranti, Eastern
Dialects

They understand Yakkha [ybh], but Yakkha speakers have difficulty in understanding them. No perceived dialect differences within the six villages.

Typology

SOV; postpositions; noun head final; verbal affixation marks person and number; both tense and aspect, nontonal.

Language Use

Language retained among some youth (Hansson 1991). Home. Some young people, all adults.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Yakkha, Chhathare
Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].

Other Comments

The north part (village of Marek) is most vital and populous area. The Chhathare villages to the south and west no longer speak the language, some loss in the east. Traditional religion, Christian, Hindu.