| Tichurong | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Nepal |
Native speakers | 2,400 (2000)[1] |
Sino-Tibetan
| |
| None | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | tcn |
| Glottolog | tich1238 |
Tichurong or Tichyurong,[2] also known as Tichurongke, is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the Magar people in the Tichurong valley of Karnali Province, specifically in the Dolpa district, in western Nepal.
Demographics
It is spoken in the villages of Gumbatara, Gufa, Rukha, Kola, Tachin, Khani, Khani Gumba, Namdel, Baijibara, Syala, Vyas, Banthada, Chilpara, Dharapani and Lawan. [1] As of 2000, the language was spoken by 2,420 individuals.[3]
References
- 1 2 Tichurong at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ↑ Tournadre, Nicolas; Suzuki, Hiroyuki (2023). The Tibetic Languages: an introduction to the family of languages derived from Old Tibetan. Paris: LACITO. ISBN 978-2-490768-08-0.
- ↑ "Tichurong - MultiTree". www.multitree.org. Retrieved 2019-02-26.
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