Nachhiring language

Nachhiring
Native to Nepal
Region Rakha Bangdel, Badel, para, Khotang District, Sagarmatha Zone
Native speakers
10,000 (2011 census)[1]
Sino-Tibetan
Language codes
ISO 639-3 ncd
Glottolog nach1240[2]

Nachhiring is a Kirati language spoken mostly in the eastern hills of Nepal. It merges into Kulung in the north and Sampang in the south.

Names

The name can also be spelled Nachering, Nachhereng, Nacchhering, Nasring. "Bangdale" is a tribal name. Ethnologue lists the alternate names Bangdale, Bangdel Tûm, Bangdile, Mathsereng, Nacchhering, Nacering Ra, Nachering Tûm, Nachiring, Nasring, Nasru Bhra.

Geographical distribution

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

References

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