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

↑ Chepang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, 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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