Kutang language

Kutang
Kuke
Native to	Nepal
Ethnicity	Tamang people
Native speakers	29 (2011 census)^[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Tamangic? Ghale Kutang
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`ght`
Glottolog	`kuta1241`^[2]

Kutang, also known as Kutang Ghale and Kuke, is a minor Tibeto-Burman language of Nepal.

Locations

Kutang is spoken in Dyang, Rana, Bihi, Ghap, Chak, Kwak, and Krak villages of Bihi VDC, Gorkha District, Gandaki Zone, Nepal (Ethnologue).

Dialects

There are three Kutang dialects, Bihi, Chak, and Rana, which have limited intelligibility. The varieties spoken in Chhak and Kwak villages are reportedly similar to each other, and different from the varieties spoken in all of the other villages.

References

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

Bodic (Tibeto-Kanauri) languages

Bodish

Tibetic

Central	Central Tibetan Standard Tibetan (Old, Classical) Mugom Basum

Amdo	Amdo Tibetan Choni

Kham-Hor	Khams Tibetan Tseku Khamba

Western	Ladakhi Burig Zangskari Balti Lahuli–Spiti

Southern	Groma Sikkimese Sherpa Jirel Dzongkha Brokkat Brokpa Chocangaca Lakha Naapa Laya Lunana

Mixed	Baima Dao

Unclassified	Kyirong-Kagate (Yolmo) Zhongu Khalong Dongwang Gserpa Zitsadegu Drugchu

East Bodish

Tshangla

West Himalayish

Tamangic

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