Mewahang language

Meohang
Mewahang
Native to Nepal
Region Koshi Zone
Ethnicity Rai
Native speakers
4,700 (2011 census)[1]
Sino-Tibetan
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Either:
emg  Eastern
raf  Western
Glottolog mewa1252[2]

Mewahang (Meohang), or Newahang, is a Kiranti language spoken in Nepal. The eastern and western dialects are structurally distinct.

Distribution and dialects

Western Mewahang is spoken in the upper Arun valley west of the Arun River in Sankhuwasabha District, Kosi Zone, in the villages of Bala, Yamdang, Tamku, and Sisuwa (Ethnologue).

Eastern Mewahang is spoken in Mangtewa, Yaphu, and Choyang VDC's of Sankhuwasabha District, Kosi Zone (Ethnologue). It is spoken in the upper Arun valley east of the Arun River.

References

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