Festival · Dolpo
Dolpo Bon rituals
Pre-Buddhist rites of the high Karnali valleys.
Province
Karnali Province
कर्णाली प्रदेश
Nepal's largest and highest province: Khas heartland, with Tibetic Dolpo and Humli speech surviving above four thousand metres.
- Languages
- 2
- Districts
- 10
- Capital
- Birendranagar
Districts of Karnali — click one for its languages
Languages spoken here
2 languages, each with its own archive
Magar Dhut
Vulnerableमगर ढुट
Magar covers a chain of related tongues — Dhut in the east, Kham in the Rolpa–Rukum highlands, Kaike in Dolpa — spoken across the …
Sino-Tibetan › Magaric · Devanagari, Akkha
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Open profileNepali
Vitalनेपाली / खस कुरा
Nepali grew out of the Khas speech of the Karnali basin, spread with the Gorkha state, and is now the lingua franca linking every …
Indo-European › Indo-Aryan · Devanagari
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Dailekh2 languagesDolpa5 languagesHumla2 languagesJajarkot1 languageJumla1 languageKalikot1 languageMugu2 languagesSalyan1 languageSurkhet1 language
Where each language sits
| Language | Districts in this province |
|---|---|
| Magar Dhut | Palpa, Rolpa, Rukum, Baglung, Myagdi, Nawalparasi |
| Nepali | Nationwide |
Cultural highlights
Living heritage of Karnali
Dolpo Bon ritualsKhas Karnali oral epicsYak-caravan salt routes
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