基蘭特語支,是藏緬語族的一個支系,是克拉底人的語言,主要分布在尼泊爾。基蘭特(天城體:किराँत,IAST:kirāṃta)一詞,可能來自「基拉」(意思是獅子)和「蒂」(意思是人)兩個詞。有人認為梵語文獻中的基拉特人(天城體:किराट,IAST:kirāta,山地黃種人),可能就來自基蘭特或相關部落名稱。
有90多萬人使用基蘭特語支的語言,其中42萬人使用林布語,39萬人使用班塔瓦語。
一般認為基蘭特語支和馬嘉爾語支關係密切。
一些學者提出大基蘭特語群的概念,這個語群除了基蘭特語支外,還包括尼瓦爾語等語言。這個概念還存在不少爭議。
參考文獻
- 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. (頁面存檔備份,存於網際網路檔案館)
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