Yamphu language
| Yamphu | |
|---|---|
| Region | Nepal |
Native speakers |
9,200 (2011 census)[1] 2,500 Southern Yamphu (2011)[1] presumably covered in census figure |
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Sino-Tibetan
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| 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).
- Sankhuwasabha District, Kosi Zone: Hedangna, Num, Seduwa, Peppuwa, Mangsimma, Karmarang, Tungkhaling, Uwa, Ala, Uling, and Walung villages
- Matsya Pokhari VDC, located in the upper Arun River valley in the Eastern hills; extreme north Lorung area, directly southwest of the Jaljale Mountains
- Bhojpur District, Kosi Zone
References
- 1 2 Yamphu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Yamphuic". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- Rutgers, Roland (1998). Yamphu: Grammar, Texts & Lexicon. Leiden: Research School CNWS. – ISBN 90-5789-012-7
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