Mugom dialect
| 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 as Mugom-ket, is the Sino-Tibetan language of the Mugali people of Mugu district in Nepal.[2][3]
Language name
[edit]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]
Speakers
[edit]Mugom is spoken by roughly 500 people originating from the village of Mugugau along the Mugu Karnali River in Mugum Karmarong Rural Municipality.[4][5] The language is specifically associated with Mugali people. A small diaspora community of Mugali exists in Bouddha, in the northeast part of Kathmandu.
Language vitality
[edit]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] The Ethnologue has assigned EGIDS level 6a “vigorous” to the Mugom–Karmarong (ISO 639-3: muk).[2] This level denotes oral use of Mugom is stable, and that the speaker population is not decreasing.[6]
Resources
[edit]- Mugom primer: A clear reflection of Mugom: Book 1
- Mugom primer: A clear reflection of Mugom: Book 2
- Sociolinguistic Study: Japola, Mari-Sisco. (2002). Mugom Survey. United Mission to Nepal, Mugu Education Project internal report: unpublished.
Notes
[edit]There have been attempts to create health-education materials aimed at the Mugali and Karani that take into account their culture and levels of literacy specifically.
References
[edit]- ↑ Mugom at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023)
- 1 2 "Mugom". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
- ↑ "Glottolog 4.6 - Mugom". glottolog.org. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
- 1 2 3 Japola, Mari-Sisco. (2002). Mugom Survey. United Mission to Nepal, Mugu Education Project internal report: unpublished.
- ↑ Central Bureau of Statistics. (2014). National population and housing census 2011. Kathmandu: Government of Nepal.
- ↑ Lewis, M. Paul, and Gary F. Simons. (2016). Sustaining language use: Perspectives on community based language development. Dallas, TX: SIL International.
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