Chintang language

Chintang
छिन्ताङ्
Pronunciation	[ˈtsʰintaːŋ]
Region	Dhankuta District, Nepal
Ethnicity	5,000 (2011 census?)^[1]
Native speakers	3,700 (2011 census)^[2]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Mahakiranti ? Kiranti Eastern Kiranti Chintang
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`ctn`
Glottolog	`chhi1245`^[3]

Chintang (Chintang: छिन्ताङ् Chintāṅ / Chhintang) is an eastern Kiranti language spoken by 5,000 to 6,000 people in Chhintang and Ahale VDC's of Dhankuta District, Koshi Zone, Nepal. Dialects are Mulgaun and Sambhugaon.^[2]

References

↑ Chintang language at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
1 2 Chintang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Chhintange". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Bibliography

Bickel, Balthasar, G. Banjade, M. Gaenszle, E. Lieven, N. P. Paudyal, & I. Purna Rai et al. (2007). Free prefix ordering in Chintang. Language, 83 (1), 43–73.

External links

The Chintang and Puma Documentation Project (DoBeS)

Kiranti languages

Western "Pro-"	Thulung (Pro-cü) Wambule (Raɗu/Raᶑu) Jerung (Raru) Khaling (R/Daːdu) Dumi (Roʔdu) Koi Bahing (Proː-ca) Sunwar Vayu Tilung

Central "Ro-"	Kulung (Rodu) Nachhiring Sampang (Rodung) Saam Bantawa Puma Chamling (Rodong) Dungmali

Eastern "Yak-"	Yakkha (Yakkha-ba/Rakdong) Lumba-Yakkha Lambichhong Belhare Athpare Chintang Chulung Yamphu Lohorung Mewahang Waling? Limbu (Yakthung-ba)

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