Thulung language

Thulung
Region	Nepal, India
Native speakers	21,000 in Nepal (2011 census)[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Mahakiranti Kiranti Western Midwestern Thulung
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tdh
Glottolog	thul1246[2]

Thulung is a Kiranti language spoken in parts of Nepal and Sikkim. It is also known as Thulunge Rai, Thulu Luwa, Thululoa, Thulung La, Tholong Lo, Thulung Jemu, Toaku Lwa. Total population: 33,313.

Geographical distribution

Thulung is spoken in the following locations of Nepal, most of which are located in Sagarmatha Zone (Ethnologue).

• Southeastern Solukhumbu District: Deusa, Lokhim, Mukli, Jubu, Tingla, Salyan, Panchan, and Necha VDC's
• Khotang District: Salle, Jaleswori, Maheswori VDC's
• Okhaldhunga District: Tuintar VDC (in 6 or 7 villages)
• Bhojpur District, Kosi Zone: 1 village
• West of the slopes’ highest ridges to Dudhkosi, north of Nechedanda and Halesidanda ranges, east of upper Solu River, and south of the Kakukhola and the confluence of Ingkhukhola and Dudhkosi

References

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

External links

• Allen, N.J. Sketch of Thulung Grammar: with three texts and a glossary. Cornell East Asia Series. Ithaca, New York, 1975. (Full text.)