Sampang language

Sampang
Region	Nepal
Native speakers	18,300 (2011 census)^[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Mahakiranti ? Kiranti Central Rai Sampang
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`rav`
Glottolog	`samp1249`^[2]

Sampang is a subgroup of Rai and belongs to Central Kiranti.

Geographical distribution

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

Khotang district, Sagarmatha Zone (Khotang dialect): Tap Khola river villages, Baspani, Khartamcha, Phedi, and Patheka
Bhojpur District, Kosi Zone: in Okharbote around the Lahure Khola river headwaters
Syam Khola area: Kimalung, Nigale, Talakharka, and Surke
Dingla Bazaar: a few elderly speakers use the Phali dialect in Bhojpur District, Kosi Zone

References

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

Kiranti languages

Western "Pro-"	Thulung (Pro-cü) Wambule (Raɗu/Raᶑu) Jerung (Raru) Khaling (R/Daːdu) Dumi (Roʔdu) Koi Bahing (Proː-ca) Sunwar Vayu Tilung

Central "Ro-"	Kulung (Rodu) Nachhiring Sampang (Rodung) Saam Bantawa Puma Chamling (Rodong) Dungmali

Eastern "Yak-"	Yakkha (Yakkha-ba/Rakdong) Lumba-Yakkha Lambichhong Belhare Athpare Chintang Chulung Yamphu Lohorung Mewahang Waling? Limbu (Yakthung-ba)

Languages of Nepal

Official language

Nepali

Indigenous
languages

Sino-Tibetan

Kiranti	Bahing Bantawa Belhare Chamling Limbu Sampang Sunwar Thulung Vayu Waling Yakkha

Magaric	Bhujel Chepang Dura Kham Magar

Tamangic	Chantyal Gurung Manang Tamang

Tibetic	Jirel Kyirong-Kagate Mugomt Naapa Sherpa Sikkimese Yolmo

Other	Baram Dhimal Kaike Lepcha Newar Raji Raute Thangmi

Indo-Aryan

Other

Sign languages

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