Chepang language
Chepang is a language spoken by approximately 37,000 people in Nepal. The people are known as Chepang. Randy LaPolla (2003) proposes that Chepang may be part of a larger "Rung" group.
Chepang | |
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Chyo-bang | |
Region | Nepal |
Ethnicity | Chepang |
Native speakers | 49,000 (2011 census)[1] |
Sino-Tibetan
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Devanagari | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | cdm |
Glottolog | chep1245 [2] |
Geographical distribution
Chepang is spoken in the following districts of Nepal (Ethnologue).
- Makwanpur District, Province No. 3
- Chitwan District, Province No. 3
- Southern Dhading District, Province No. 3
- Southern Gorkha District, Gandaki Pradesh
Dialects are Western Chepang and Eastern Chepang.
References
- Chepang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Chepang". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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