Tilung language
| Tilung | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Nepal |
| Region | Sagarmatha Zone |
Native speakers | 1,400 (2011 census)[1] |
|
Sino-Tibetan
| |
| Dialects |
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
tij |
| Glottolog |
tilu1238[2] |
Tilung is a moribund Kiranti language spoken in Nepal. It is mutually intelligible with Wambule. The Choskule and Dorungkecha "dialects" may be related languages.[1]
Locations
Tilung is spoken in Chyasmitar VDC, southern Khotang District, Sagarmatha Zone, Nepal (Ethnologue). It is located on the ranks of the Sunkosi River bank, on the last ridge of the Halesi Range.
References
- 1 2 Tilung at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Tilung". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Opgenort, Jean Robert. 2011. A note on Tilung and its position within Kiranti. Himalayan Linguistics 10.1:253-271.
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