基兰特语支,是藏缅语族的一个支系,是克拉底人的语言,主要分布在尼泊尔。基兰特(天城体:किराँत,IAST:kirāṃta)一词,可能来自“基拉”(意思是狮子)和“蒂”(意思是人)两个词。有人认为梵语文献中的基拉特人(天城体:किराट,IAST:kirāta,山地黄种人),可能就来自基兰特或相关部落名称。
有90多万人使用基兰特语支的语言,其中42万人使用林布语,39万人使用班塔瓦语。
一般认为基兰特语支和马嘉尔语支关系密切。
一些学者提出大基兰特语群的概念,这个语群除了基兰特语支外,还包括尼瓦尔语等语言。这个概念还存在不少争议。
参考文献
- George van Driem (2001) Languages of the Himalayas: An Ethnolinguistic Handbook of the Greater Himalayan Region. Brill.
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- James A. Matisoff: Handbook of Proto-Tibeto-Burman. University of California Press 2003. (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆)
- Graham Thurgood (2003) "A Subgrouping of the Sino-Tibetan Languages: The Interaction between Language Contact, Change, and Inheritance," The Sino-Tibetan Languages. Routledge. pp. 3–21.
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