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'''Chintang''' (Chintang: '''छिन्ताङ्''' ''Chintāṅ / Chhintang'') is an eastern [[Kiranti languages|Kiranti]] language spoken by 5,000 to 6,000 people in Chintang village in [[Dhankuta District]], [[Koshi Zone]], [[Nepal]].
'''Chintang''' (Chintang: '''छिन्ताङ्''' ''Chintāṅ / Chhintang'') is an eastern [[Kiranti languages|Kiranti]] language spoken by 5,000 to 6,000 people in Chhintang and Aahale VDC's of [[Dhankuta District]], [[Koshi Zone]], [[Nepal]]. Dialects are Mulgaun and Sambhugaon.


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Revision as of 07:03, 2 April 2016

Chintang
छिन्ताङ्
Pronunciation[ˈtsʰintaːŋ]
RegionDhankuta District, Nepal
Ethnicity5,000 (2011 census?)[1]
Native speakers
3,700 (2011 census)[2]
Sino-Tibetan
Language codes
ISO 639-3ctn
Glottologchhi1245
ELPChhintange

Chintang (Chintang: छिन्ताङ् Chintāṅ / Chhintang) is an eastern Kiranti language spoken by 5,000 to 6,000 people in Chhintang and Aahale VDC's of Dhankuta District, Koshi Zone, Nepal. Dialects are Mulgaun and Sambhugaon.

References

  1. ^ Chintang language at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Chintang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

Bibliography

Bickel, Balthasar, G. Banjade, M. Gaenszle, E. Lieven, N. P. Paudyal, & I. Purna Rai et al. (2007). Free prefix ordering in Chintang. Language, 83 (1), 43–73.

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