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The DangauraTharuLanguage is an unclassified CentralZoneIndoAryanLanguage of Nepal. SIL code: THL. ISO 639-2: inc. Population: 300,000 or more in Nepal (1991 census). 993,388 all Tharu, 5.37% of the population (1991 census). Population total both countries: 343,000. Region: Rapti Zone, Dang District. Also in other areas of the Tarai, like Bardiya, Banke, Kailali, and Kanchanpur districts. Alternate names: DANG THARU. Comments: 68% to 91% intelligibility of Rana, 95% to 97% of Kathoriya. Some varieties listed as dialects have only 71% to 79% intelligibility of others. Some intelligibility difficulty with speakers from India. Closest to Mari Tharu. Possibly Eastern Hindi Group. 74% to 79% lexical similarity with Kathoriya, 72% to 74% with Sunha, 63% to 72% with Rana Thakur, 61% to 67% with Chitwan, 58% to 65% with Hindi. Educated people tend to be more bilingual in Nepali, men more than women, young people more than older people. Hindi and Maithili are also used. Dangaura is used almost exclusively in the family, with older people, children, and mainly with village leaders. They usually use Tharu with other Tharu, but sometimes Nepali. All ages. Vigorous. The Rana Tharu and Dangaura Tharu are well known, but the Kathoriya Tharu and other smaller groups are often unknown. Dang and Dangora are separate clans. Investigation needed: intelligibility with Deokuri, Kathoriya. Dictionary. SOV; postpositions, genitives after noun heads, adjectives, numerals before noun heads, CV, CVC, CCV, nontonal. Literacy rate in first language: Below 1%. Literacy rate in second language: 27.7% all Tharu (1991 census). Devanagari. Radio programs. Subtropical. Hill, valley. Agriculturalists. 600 to 900 meters. Traditional religion, Hindu overly. Also spoken in: India. (Language name: THARU, DANGAURA.) Population: 31,000 in India (1981 census). Alternate names: DANG, DANGORA, DANGURA, DANGALI, DANGHA. Comments: 63% to 72% lexical similarity with Rana Tharu, 74% to 79% with Kathoriya Tharu, 58% to 65% with Hindi. Hindi bilingual proficiency is limited among the 70% to 90% who are uneducated. Tharu is a Scheduled Tribe in India. Investigation needed: intelligibility with dialects. Literacy rate in second language: 20% to 25% (census). Hindu, traditional religion.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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