Athpare language

Athpare
Spoken in	Dhankuta district, Nepal
Native speakers	2,000  (date missing)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Mahakiranti Kiranti Eastern Greater Yakkha Athpare
Language codes
ISO 639-3	aph

Athpare, also known as Athapre, Athpariya, Athpre, Arthare, Arthare-Khesang, or Jamindar Rai, is an eastern Kiranti language spoken by some 2,000 people living in Dhankuta district in Eastern Nepal.

External links

• Athpare language at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
• Entry for Athpare at Rosetta Project

References

• Dahal, Dilli Ram. 1985. An ethnographic study of the social change among the Athpariya Rais of Dhankuta. Kathmandu: Tribhuvan University
• Ebert, Karen H. 1991. “Inverse and pseudoinverse prefixes in Kiranti languages: Evidence from Belhare, Athpare and Dungmali.” Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 14/1:73-92
• Ebert, Karen H. 1997. A Grammar of Athpare. München / Newcastle: Lincom (LINCOM Studies in Asian Linguistics, 1)
• Newpane, Tanka Prasad. 2041. Dhankutako Athpare Raiko bhasik adhyayan. (Unpublished thesis) Kirtipur: Tribhuvan University