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id	eprints-23723
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institution	SOAS, University of London
collection	SOAS Research Online
language	English
language_search	English
description	Yolmo and Kagate are two closely related Tibeto-Burman languages of Nepal. This paper provides a general overview of these two languages, including several dialects of Yolmo. Based on existent sources, and my own fieldwork, I present an ethnographic summary of each group of speakers, and the linguistic relationship between their mutually intelligible dialects. I also discuss a set of key differences that have been observed in regards to these languages, including the presence or absence of tone contours, verb stems and honorific lexical items. Although Yolmo and Kagate could be considered dialects of the same language, there are sufficient historical and political motivations for considering them as separate languages. Finally, I look at the status of the "Kyirong-Kagate" sub-branch of Tibetic languages in Tournadre’s (2005) classification, and argue that for reasons discussed in this paper it should instead be referred to as "Kyirong-Yolmo."
format	Journal Article
author	Gawne, Lauren
author_facet	Gawne, Lauren
authorStr	Gawne, Lauren
author_letter	Gawne, Lauren
title	Report on the relationship between Yolmo and Kagate
publisher	University of California
publishDate	2013
url	https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/23723/