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 | |
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| Central | |
| Eastern | |
| Dhimalish | |
see also: Mahakiranti languages | |