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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| 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 | |
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