Kaike language

Kaike
Magar Kaike
Native to	Nepal
Ethnicity	2,000 (2011)
Native speakers	50 (2011 census)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Kanauri Tamangic Kaike
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kzq
Glottolog	kaik1246
ELP	Kaike

Magar Kaike is a Sino-Tibetan language of Nepal. Ethnologue classifies it as a West Bodish language.

Distribution

Kaike is a nepali magar language spoken in Shahartara, Samteling, Tupatara, Tarakot, Namdel and Belawa villages of kaike Rural Municipality, Dolpa District, Karnali Province, Nepal (Ethnologue).

Linguistic contact

Honda (2008) notes that Kaike shares many words with Tamangic, but is not part of Tamangic proper. It is also in contact with Tichurong, a divergent Tibetic lect spoken near the Kaike-speaking areas. Zemp (2023) discusses the heavy influence of Tichurong on Kaike, but notes that Kaike has a Tamangic base.

Lexicon

Honda (2008) lists the following Kaike words.

No.	Gloss	Kaike
1	gold	mar
2	cow	mi
3	blood	kah
4	black	Myanma-
5	red	loma
6	green	piŋgma
7	milk cow	Ne
8	thread	rup
9	heart	diŋg
10	(be) dry	khār-
11	snow	liŋ
12	hen	kā:
13	egg	kā:-pum
14	lay eggs	phum-
15	excrement	khyi
16	one	ti:
17	nose	nā
18	to rest	nā-
19	nasal mucus	nap
20	seven	ne
21	thin	bā-
22	eye	mi:
23	name	min
24	fire	me
25	tongue	lai
26	month	lā
27	ladder	li
28	heavy	li-
29	break (e.g., firewood)	kyut-
30	plough, dig	khoə-
31	borrow/lend	khyi-
32	field	khye
33	chest	gu
34	borrow	ŋan-
35	nest	cāŋ
36	bridge	cām
37	daughter	came
38	hang, tie	cun-
39	knead	cyen-
40	hair	cham
41	lift	thi-
42	measure (e.g., length)	kāt-
43	portion	kāl
44	burn	ko-
45	weigh	kot-
46	shake	khār-
47	feed	khoə:-
48	grandfather	khye
49	suck	ŋup-
50	cook, put on the stove	cu:-
51	now	cõ:
52	count	jyer-
53	what	tai
54	receive	tā:-
55	post, pillar	tā:
56	spread	tit-
57	this year	tiriŋ
58	meet	do:-
59	need to	toə-
60	today	tyā
61	full	nāŋ-
62	tomorrow	nāpcye
63	garlic	noə
64	break (itr.)	noŋ-
65	fear	nyin-
66	go	yā
67	marker of hearsay	ru
68	village	nām
69	dog	khyu
70	fly (insect)	baraŋ
71	fish	ŋā
72	foot, leg	le
73	grind	ra:-
74	cliff	ra:
75	four	li
76	flatten	lep-
77	see	raŋ-
78	smile, laugh	rai-
79	penis	lu
80	forget	let-
81	rice	lā
82	flour	rā:pi
83	buckwheat	barau: