Thulung or Thulung luwa (थुलुङ लुवा) is a Kirati languages or Thulung language spoken in parts of Nepal and Sikkim.
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Thulung थुलुङ | |
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Region | Nepalनेपाल, Indiaभारत |
Native speakers | 21,000 in Nepal (2011 census)[1] |
Language family | Sino-Tibetan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | tdh |
Glottolog | thul1246 |
ELP | Thulung |
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 |
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Indigenous languages |
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