Kham Magar

E820719

Kham Magar are a subgroup of the Magar people of Nepal, distinguished by their own Kham language and distinct cultural traditions in the mid-western Himalayan region.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kham Magar canonical 3
Dhut Magar 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic subgroup ⓘ
country Nepal ⓘ
culturalTrait clan-based social organization ⓘ
distinct oral traditions ⓘ
distinct ritual practices ⓘ
traditional dances ⓘ
traditional folk songs ⓘ
ethnicGroupIn Nepal ⓘ
ethnicReligion animism ⓘ
shamanism ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Kham language speakers ⓘ
hasEndonymLanguage Khamkura ⓘ
language Kham language ⓘ
languageBranch Tibeto-Burman languages ⓘ
linguisticFamily Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ
livelihood rain-fed farming ⓘ
seasonal migration for work ⓘ
minorityStatus indigenous nationalities of Nepal ⓘ
nationalLanguageUsed Nepali ⓘ
practices ancestor worship ⓘ
nature worship ⓘ
primaryLanguage Kham language ⓘ
recognizedAs Janajati group in Nepal ⓘ
region Himalayan region of Nepal ⓘ
linked to: Himalayan region

mid-western Nepal ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Gurung people ⓘ
Khas people ⓘ
Magar people ⓘ
religiousInfluence Buddhism ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
selfIdentification Kham ⓘ
Kham Magar ⓘ
settlementArea Baglung District ⓘ
Dolpa District ⓘ
linked to: Dolpa region

Jajarkot District ⓘ
Rolpa District ⓘ
Rukum District ⓘ
Salyan District ⓘ
socialStructure clan system ⓘ
subgroupOf Magar people ⓘ
terrain high hills ⓘ
mountainous regions ⓘ
traditionalEconomy barter ⓘ
traditionalOccupation pastoralism ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
traditionalRegion mid-western Himalayan region ⓘ
usesScript Devanagari (for Nepali and sometimes Kham) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Magar → hasSubgroup → Kham Magar ⓘ
Magar → hasSubgroup → Dhut Magar ⓘ
linked to: Kham Magar
Magar language → hasDialect → Kham Magar ⓘ
Kham Magar → selfIdentification → Kham Magar ⓘ