Parbatiya

E820716

Parbatiya refers to the Nepali-speaking hill communities of Nepal, historically associated with the Khas people and dominant in the country’s political and cultural life.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Parbatiya canonical 3

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nepali-speaking community
ethnolinguistic group
social group
associatedWithDress Daura Suruwal
Gunyu Cholo
associatedWithEthnicity Khas Arya
associatedWithIdentity Khas Nepali
linked to: Nepali
associatedWithLanguagePolicy promotion of Nepali as national language
associatedWithLiteraryTradition Nepali literature
associatedWithMusicTradition Nepali folk music
associatedWithPowerStructure hill high-caste dominance in Nepal
associatedWithRegion Central Nepal
Mid-hill belt of Nepal
linked to: Mid-Hills of Nepal

Western Nepal
linked to: western Nepal
associatedWithSocialSystem Hindu caste hierarchy in Nepal
country Nepal
culturalInfluenceOn national culture of Nepal
demographicRole one of the largest population groups in Nepal
dominantLanguageGroupIn Nepal
ethnogenesisFrom Khas people
hasAlternativeName Pahari
Parbate
Parbatiya hill people
hasCulturalPractice Hindu festivals such as Dashain and Tihar
historicalLanguageName Khas kura
linked to: Khas Kura
historicallyAssociatedWith Khas people
historicallyDominantIn cultural life of Nepal
political life of Nepal
historicallyLinkedTo Gorkha Kingdom
Rana regime
Shah dynasty
includesCasteGroup Bahun
Chhetri
Sanyasi
Thakuri
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages
linkedToConcept Khas Arya category in Nepal’s constitution
migrationPattern internal migration from hills to Tarai
overseas labour migration from Nepal
modernLanguageName Nepali
partOfBroadCategory Hill communities of Nepal
Nepali-speaking populations
politicalInfluenceOn state formation in Nepal
primaryRegion Hill regions of Nepal
religion Hinduism
socialStatus historically dominant group in Nepal
speaksLanguage Nepali language
linked to: Nepali
traditionalScriptForLanguage Devanagari script

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Khas relatedGroup Parbatiya
Parbate alsoKnownAs Parbatiya
Khas people alternativeName Parbatiya