Yamphu language

Yamphu
Region Nepal
Native speakers
9,200 (2011 census)[1]
2,500 Southern Yamphu (2011)[1] presumably covered in census figure
Sino-Tibetan
Language codes
ISO 639-3 ybi
Glottolog yamp1244[2]

Yamphu is a Kiranti language spoken by the Yamphu Rai, a Kiranti people of the Himalayas of Nepal. Tomyang (Chongka) is a recently discovered dialect spoken by only 20 people. Both it and Yamphe are distinct. Southern Yamphu is also considered to be Southern Lorung. These varieties are all closely related.

Geographical distribution

Yamphu is spoken in the following locations of Nepal (Ethnologue).

References

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


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