Chulung language
| Chulung | |
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| Chɨlɨng | |
| Chhûlûng Rûng | |
| Native to | Nepal |
| Region | Koshi Zone |
| Ethnicity | 300 Kirat Chulung (Chiling) |
Native speakers | 2,100 (2011 census)[1] |
Sino-Tibetan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | cur |
| Glottolog | chhu1238 |
| ELP | Chhulung |
Chulung (Chɨlɨng) is a Kiranti language spoken in Ankhisalla VDC, Dhankuta District, Koshi Zone, Nepal.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Chulung at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Limbu, Man Kumari. An ethnolinguistic observation of Chhulung Rai, a highly endangered language (PDF) (Thesis). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 10, 2016.
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| Western Himalayas (Himachal, Uttarakhand, Nepal, Sikkim) |
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| Eastern Himalayas (Tibet, Bhutan, Arunachal) | |||||
| Myanmar and Indo- Burmese border |
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| East and Southeast Asia |
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| Dubious (possible isolates) (Arunachal) |
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