Chepang language

Chepang
Chyo-bang
Region	Nepal
Ethnicity	Chepang
Native speakers	49,000 (2011 census)^[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Chepangic Chepang
Writing system	Devanagari
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`cdm`
Glottolog	`chep1245`^[2]

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.

Geographical distribution

Chepang is spoken in the following districts of Nepal (Ethnologue).

Dialects are Western Chepang and Eastern Chepang.

References

â†‘ Chepang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
â†‘ Nordhoff, Sebastian; HammarstrÃ¶m, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Chepang". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Languages of Nepal

Official language

Nepali

Indigenous
languages

Sino-Tibetan

Kiranti	Bahing Bantawa Belhare Chamling Limbu Sampang Sunwar Thulung Vayu Waling Yakkha

Magaric	Bhujel Chepang Dura Kham Magar

Tamangic	Chantyal Gurung Manang Tamang

Tibetic	Jirel Kyirong-Kagate Mugomt Naapa Sherpa Sikkimese Yolmo

Other	Baram Dhimal Kaike Lepcha Newar Raji Raute Thangmi

Indo-Aryan

Other

Sign languages

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