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Tharu
Learn about Tharu through verified cultural context, key facts, regions, traditions and references.
Family
Indo-Aryan (variety cluster)
Where
Entire Terai arc, strongest in Dang, Kailali, Bardiya, Kanchanpur
Speakers
≈ 5.8% (2011)
Script
Devanagari
Note
A cluster of related varieties spoken by the Terai's oldest farming communities, from Dang's Deukhuri to Kanchanpur's Rana Tharu.