Chintang language

Chintang
	छिन्ताङ्
Pronunciation	[ˈtsʰintaːŋ]
Region	Dhankuta District, Nepal
Ethnicity	5,000 (2011 census?)
Native speakers	3,700 (2011 census)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Mahakiranti ? Kiranti Eastern Kiranti Chintang; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ctn
Glottolog	chhi1245
ELP	Chhintange

Chintang (Chintang: छिन्ताङ् Chintāṅ / Chhintang) is an eastern Kiranti language spoken by 5,000 to 6,000 people in Chhintang and Ahale VDC's of Dhankuta District, Province No. 1, Nepal. Dialects are Mulgaun and Sambhugaon.^[2]

References

^ Chintang language at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
^ ^a ^b Chintang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
^ Endangered Languages Project data for Chhintange.

Bibliography

Bickel, Balthasar, G. Banjade, M. Gaenszle, E. Lieven, N. P. Paudyal, & I. Purna Rai et al. (2007). Free prefix ordering in Chintang. Language, 83 (1), 43–73.

External links

The Chintang and Puma Documentation Project (DoBeS)

[e17-1] Chintang language at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)

[e18-2] Chintang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[ELP1-3] Endangered Languages Project data for Chhintange.

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