Chintang (Chintang: छिन्ताङ् Chintāṅ / Chhintang) is an eastern Kirati languages language spoken by 5,000 to 6,000 people in Chhintang and Ahale VDC's of Dhankuta District, Province No. 1, Nepal. Dialects are Mulgaun and Sambhugaon.[2]
Chintang | |
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छिन्ताङ् | |
Pronunciation | [ˈtsʰintaːŋ] |
Region | Dhankuta District, Nepal |
Ethnicity | 5,000 (2011 census?)[1] |
Native speakers | 3,700 (2011 census)[2] |
Language family | Sino-Tibetan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | ctn |
Glottolog | chhi1245 |
ELP | Chhintange |
Bickel, Balthasar, G. Banjade, M. Gaenszle, E. Lieven, N. P. Paudyal (2007). Free prefix ordering in Chintang. Language, 83 (1), 43–73.
Sino-Tibetan branches | |||||
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Western Himalayas (Himachal, Uttarakhand, Nepal, Sikkim) |
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Eastern Himalayas (Tibet, Bhutan, Arunachal) | |||||
Myanmar and Indo-Burmese border |
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East and Southeast Asia |
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Dubious (possible isolates) (Arunachal) |
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Proposed groupings |
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Proto-languages |
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Italics indicates single languages that are also considered to be separate branches. |
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Limbu | |
Western | |
Central | |
Eastern | |
Dhimalish | |
see also: Mahakiranti languages |