Jirel is a Southern Tibetic language of
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, :ne:नेपाल, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in S ...
. It is spoken in
Jiri, in Tshetrapa village, Jungu village, and Cheppu village of
Dolakha District
Dolakha, often known as Dolkha or Dholkha (Nepal Bhasa:दोलखा जिल्ला)), a part of Bagmati Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Charikot as its district headquarters, covers an area of a ...
and
Sindhupalchok and different parts of Nepal.
It has long been in discussion that the
Jirels are the
Kirats as other Tibeto-Burmans. But further research is required to prove that they come from Kirats. Very weak literature without evidence is presented by some authors until now claiming that they are the Kirats. They have claimed that they are animists so they are Kirats. They adopted some cultural and religious practice from Sunuwars and Sherpas when they began to live and share with them. The language they use is the most powerful evidence that they come from a Tibetan ethnic tribe. Their physical appearance and family name are also supporting evidence for Tibetan origin.
They mainly practice
Buddhism
Buddhism ( , ), also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya (), is an Indian religions, Indian religion or Indian philosophy#Buddhist philosophy, philosophical tradition based on Pre-sectarian Buddhism, teachings attributed to the Buddha. ...
.
Lamas Lamas may refer to:
* the plural form of Lama, a title for a teacher of the Dharma in Tibetan Buddhism.
Places
*Lamas Province, Peru
**Lamas District
** Lamas, Peru, the capital of Lamas Province and seat of Lamas District
*Lamas (Braga), a paris ...
are their priests. They also have Shamans who are called Phombo, which is derived from the word, Boo, the Tibetan Tantric philosophy.
Jirel Uchen, which is also called Sambhota Script, is their script or calligraphy. This can be found at religious monuments like chautaras, chortens, and monasteries. Jirel Lamas use this script. The script is shown below:
ཀ ka
áཁ kha
ʰáག ga
à/kʰːàང nga
àཅ ca
ɕáཆ cha
ɕʰáཇ ja
ʑà/tɕʰːàཉ nya
àཏ ta
áཐ tha
ʰáད da
à/tʰːàན na
àཔ pa
áཕ pha
ʰáབ ba
à/pʰːàམ ma
àཙ tsa
sáཚ tsha
sʰáཛ dza
zà/tsʰːàཝ wa
àཞ zha
àཟ za
àའ 'a
àཡ ya
àར ra
àལ la
àཤ sha
áས sa
áཧ ha
áཨ a
Tibetan language where only 35–40 percent of diction is found to be close to pure Tibetan diction.
References
Relevant literature
*Strahm, Esther and Anita Maibaum. 1999. Verb pair in Jirel. ''Notes on Tibeto-Burman'' 4:1-24.
South Bodish languages
Languages of Nepal
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