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Kutang language

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Native to
  
Nepal

Native speakers
  
29 (2011 census)

Glottolog
  
kuta1241

Ethnicity
  
Tamang people

ISO 639-3
  
ght

Language family
  
Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Tamangic? Ghale Kutang

Kutang, also known as Kutang Ghale and Kuke, is a minor Tibeto-Burman language of Nepal.

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Locations

Kutang is spoken in Dyang, Rana, Bihi, Ghap, Chak, Kwak, and Krak villages of Bihi VDC, Gorkha District, Gandaki Zone, Nepal (Ethnologue).

Dialects

There are three Kutang dialects, Bihi, Chak, and Rana, which have limited intelligibility. The varieties spoken in Chhak and Kwak villages are reportedly similar to each other, and different from the varieties spoken in all of the other villages.

References

Kutang language Wikipedia