Region Nepal Native speakers 49,000 (2011 census) ISO 639-3 cdm | Ethnicity Chepang Writing system Devanagari | |
Language family Sino-Tibetan
Chepangic
Chepang | ||
Chepang is a language spoken by approximately 37,000 people in Nepal. The people are known as Chepang. Randy LaPolla (2003) proposes that Chepang may be part of a larger "Rung" group.
Geographical distribution
Chepang is spoken in the following districts of Nepal (Ethnologue).
Dialects are Western Chepang and Eastern Chepang.
References
Chepang language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA