थारू

Kitharu

Indo-European

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Tharu is an Indo-Aryan language cluster of around 2 million speakers, primarily in the Terai lowlands of southern Nepal (Dang, Bardiya, Kailali, Kanchanpur districts) and adjacent areas of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand in India. The Tharu are an indigenous people who have inhabited the Terai for centuries, traditionally believed to have a degree of natural malaria resistance that allowed them to settle the formerly malarial lowlands. Linguistically, Tharu is part of the Eastern Indo-Aryan continuum, closely related to Bhojpuri (bho), Maithili (mai), and Awadhi (awa), but with distinctive Tharu vocabulary and dialect features. The ISO macrolanguage code "thr" specifically refers to Rana Tharu, while sister varieties like Dangaura Tharu (thl), Kochila Tharu (thq), and Chitwania Tharu (the) are linguistically distinct enough to be considered separate languages by some scholars. Despite vibrant speaker numbers, UNESCO classifies Tharu as vulnerable due to relentless Nepali and Hindi pressure in education and media.

Inakozungumzwa

Maneno 20 ya msingi katika Kitharu

Maji

पानी

/paːniː/

Moto

आग

/aːɡ/

Jua

सूरज

/suːrədʒ/

Mwezi

चांद

/tʃãːd/

Mama

माई

/maːiː/

Baba

बबा

/bəbaː/

Kula

खाना

/kʰaːnaː/

Kunywa

पीना

/piːnaː/

Upendo

माया

/maːjaː/

Moyo

मन

/man/

Mti

पेड़

/peːɽ/

Nyumba

घर

/ɡʱəɾ/

Mbwa

कुकुर

/kukur/

Paka

बिलार

/bilaːɾ/

Mkono

हाथ

/haːtʰ/

Jicho

आंख

/ãːkʰ/

Habari

राम राम

/raːm raːm/

Asante

धन्यवाद

/dʱənjəbaːd/

Moja

एक

/eːk/

Nzuri

नीक

/niːk/

Vyanzo

Ulinganishaji wa maneno

Imelinganishwa na lugha za Indo-European zinazohusiana

Maana KitharuKiangikaKiharyanviKiawadhiKimagahiKibhojpuriKimaithili
Maji पानी /paːniː/ पानी /paːniː/ पाणी /paːɳiː/ पानी /paːniː/ पानी /paːni/ पानी /paːniː/ पानी /paːniː/
Moto आग /aːɡ/ आग /aːɡ/ आग /aːɡ/ आगि /aːɡi/ आग /aːɡ/ आगि /aːɡɪ/ आगि /aːɡi/
Jua सूरज /suːrədʒ/ सूरज /suːrədʒ/ सूरज /suːɾədʒ/ सूरज /suːrəd͡ʒ/ सूरज /suːraj/ सूरज /suːɾədʒ/ सूरज /suːrəd͡ʒ/
Mwezi चांद /tʃãːd/ चान /tʃaːn/ चांद /tʃãːd/ चान /tʃaːn/ चान /tʃaːn/ चाँद /tʃãːd/ चान /tʃaːn/
Mama माई /maːiː/ मय /maj/ माई /maːiː/ मइया /məjjaː/ माय /maːj/ माई /maːiː/ माय /maːj/
Baba बबा /bəbaː/ बाबू /baːbuː/ बापू /baːpuː/ बाबू /baːbuː/ बाबू /baːbuː/ बाबू /baːbuː/ बाबू /baːbuː/
Kula खाना /kʰaːnaː/ खाएक /kʰaːek/ खाणा /kʰaːɳaː/ खाई /kʰaːiː/ खैना /kʰaiːnaː/ खाए /kʰaːe/ खाएब /kʰaːeb/
Kunywa पीना /piːnaː/ पीयक /piːjak/ पीणा /piːɳaː/ पीई /piːiː/ पीना /piːnaː/ पिए /pɪe/ पीयब /piːjəb/
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