Kochila Tharu

Kochila Tharu
Native to	Nepal
Ethnicity	Tharu
Native speakers	0.3 millions in Nepal (2011 census)[1]
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan various Central and Eastern Kochila Tharu; ; ; ;
Writing system	Devanagari
Official status
Official language in	Tharuban of Nepal
Language codes
ISO 639-3	thq
Glottolog	koch1247

Kochila Tharu, also called Septari or Saptariya Tharu, Madhya-Purbiya Tharu, and Mid-Eastern Tharu, is a diverse group of language varieties in the Tharu group of the Indo-Aryan languages. The several names of the varieties refer to the regions where they dominate.[2] It is one of the largest subgroupings of Tharu.[3] It is spoken mainly in Nepal and India, with approximately 250,000 speakers as of 2003.[4] In addition to language, cultural markers around attire and customs connect individuals into the ethnic identity Kochila.

Heavily concentrated in the eastern area of Terai,[4] speakers of Kochila Tharu live in linguistically diverse regions and are generally multilingual (with the exception of some elderly female speakers).[5] A 2013 survey by SIL International found that the language was being taught to children as their first language and used conversationally between multiple generations of speakers, characteristics of a "vigorous" language as defined by the Ethnologue Expanded Graded Intergenerational Disruption Scale (EGIDS).[2][5]

References

Kochila Tharu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
"Tharu, Madhya-Purbiya". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2018-12-12.
Carl., Skutsch (2013). Encyclopedia of the World's Minorities. Hoboken: Taylor and Francis. ISBN 9781135193959. OCLC 863823479.
International encyclopedia of linguistics. Frawley, William, 1953- (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2003. p. 484. ISBN 0195139771. OCLC 51478240.CS1 maint: others (link)
Eichentopf, Stephanie R.; Mitchell, Jessica R. "A Sociolinguistic Study of Kochila Tharu in Southeast Nepal" (PDF). www.sil.org. Retrieved 2018-12-12.

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[e18-1] Kochila Tharu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[:1-2] "Tharu, Madhya-Purbiya". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2018-12-12.

[3] Carl., Skutsch (2013). Encyclopedia of the World's Minorities. Hoboken: Taylor and Francis. ISBN 9781135193959. OCLC 863823479.

[:0-4] International encyclopedia of linguistics. Frawley, William, 1953- (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2003. p. 484. ISBN 0195139771. OCLC 51478240.CS1 maint: others (link)

[:2-5] Eichentopf, Stephanie R.; Mitchell, Jessica R. "A Sociolinguistic Study of Kochila Tharu in Southeast Nepal" (PDF). www.sil.org. Retrieved 2018-12-12.