Languages · Profile
सेके
Seke
A small language of a handful of villages in the dry valleys of Mustang, under pressure as young people leave for cities and abroad.
Under 1,000
mother tongue speakers in Nepal (2021 census)
Tibeto-Burman
language family
No traditional script
script
In Nepal
Where it is spoken
Endangered, at acute risk
Villages of Mustang in Gandaki Province, such as Tangbe, Chuksang and Tetang.
Gandaki
Beyond Nepal
Who else speaks it
- Diaspora: Seke speakers who have moved to Kathmandu and New York
The Dehat
Our work in Seke
Documentation begins in our third year.
Speak Seke, or know someone who does? We want to hear your stories.
ContributeSources: National Population and Housing Census 2021, Nepal (mother tongue); Census of India 2011. Figures for small and endangered languages are estimates.