Jirel language
Tibetic language
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Jirel is a Southern Tibetic language of Nepal. It is spoken in Jiri, in Tshetrapa village, Jungu village, and Cheppu village of Dolakha District and Sindhupalchok and different parts of Nepal.
| Jirel | |
|---|---|
| जिरीबे केचा, Iriwe Kecha, སྤྱི་རི་བེ ཀེ་ཅ་, ziribe Ketsha | |
 'Jirel' in Devanagari and Tibetan scripts | |
| Native to | Nepal, India |
| Region | Nepal, Sikkim |
| Ethnicity | Jirel |
Native speakers | 140,000 (2011 & 2021 census)[1] |
| Tibetan, Devanagari | |
| Official status | |
Official language in |  Nepal India
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | jul |
| Glottolog | jire1238 |
| ELP | Jirel |
| Linguasphere | 70-AAA-ba |
Phonology
Consonants
Vowels
Writing system
Jirel Uchen, which is also called Sambhota Script, is their script or calligraphy. This can be found at religious monuments like Ngasas (Chautara), chortens, and monasteries. Jirel Lamas use this script. The script is shown below:
| ཀ ka [ká] |
ཁ kha [kʰá] |
ག ga [ɡà/kʰːà] |
ང nga [ŋà] |
| ཅ ca [tɕá] |
ཆ cha [tɕʰá] |
ཇ ja [dʑà/tɕʰːà] |
ཉ nya [ɲà] |
| ཏ ta [tá] |
ཐ tha [tʰá] |
ད da [dà/tʰːà] |
ན na [nà] |
| པ pa [pá] |
ཕ pha [pʰá] |
བ ba [bà/pʰːà] |
མ ma [mà] |
| ཙ tsa [tsá] |
ཚ tsha [tsʰá] |
ཛ dza [dzà/tsʰːà] |
ཝ wa [wà] |
| ཞ zha [ʑà] |
ཟ za [zà] |
འ 'a [ʔà] |
ཡ ya [jà] |
| ར ra [rà] |
ལ la [là] |
ཤ sha [ɕá] |
ས sa [sá] |
| ཧ ha [há] |
ཨ a [ʔá] |
The similarity of Jirel language that with the language used in Buddhist holy books is another powerful evidence to claim and believe that they are of Tibetan origin. It is believed that more than 80 percent of Jirel diction goes with Tibetan language where only 35–40 percent of diction is found to be close to other Tibetan origin tribes.Their language is similar to Dolpos, people in Mugu, Hyalmus, Sherpas, Syubas, Lhomis.
