Tharu language
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Tharu is an Eastern zone Indo-Aryan
language, or cluster of languages, spoken by the Tharu people. Not all Tharu speak distinct languages, but the languages of those who do may be divided as follows,
Dangaura (Chaudary), Kathoriya, and Rana are mutually intelligible apart from their geographic extremes, and are spoken by ca. 1.3 million. It's not clear if they should be considered Central or Eastern Zone, as they span the divide.
Chitwania (Nawalparasi) and Kochila are spoken by a quarter million apiece. Kochila is dialectically diverse, but the dialects are only recorded according to the name of the local district. Many ethnic Kochila have adopted Maithili
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Indo-Aryan languages
The Indo-Aryan languages constitutes a branch of the Indo-Iranian languages, itself a branch of the Indo-European language family...
language, or cluster of languages, spoken by the Tharu people. Not all Tharu speak distinct languages, but the languages of those who do may be divided as follows,
Dangaura (Chaudary), Kathoriya, and Rana are mutually intelligible apart from their geographic extremes, and are spoken by ca. 1.3 million. It's not clear if they should be considered Central or Eastern Zone, as they span the divide.
Chitwania (Nawalparasi) and Kochila are spoken by a quarter million apiece. Kochila is dialectically diverse, but the dialects are only recorded according to the name of the local district. Many ethnic Kochila have adopted Maithili
Maithili language
Maithili language is spoken in the eastern region of India and South-eastern region of Nepal. The native speakers of Maithili reside in Bihar, Jharkhand,parts of West Bengal and South-east Nepal...
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