Chintang language
Chintang | |
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छिन्ताङ् | |
Pronunciation | [ˈtsʰintaːŋ] |
Region | Dhankuta District, Nepal |
Native speakers | 3,500 (2008)[1] |
Sino-Tibetan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | ctn |
Glottolog | chhi1245 |
ELP | Chhintange |
Chintang (Chintang: छिन्ताङ् Chintāṅ / Chhintang) is an eastern Kiranti language spoken by 5,000 to 6,000 people in Chintang village in Dhankuta District, Koshi Zone, Nepal.
References
- ^ Chintang at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
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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