Chepang | |
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Chyo-bang | |
Region | Nepal |
Ethnicity | Chepang |
Native speakers
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49,000 (2011 census) |
Sino-Tibetan
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Devanagari | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
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Glottolog | chep1245 |
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.
Chepang is spoken in the following districts of Nepal (Ethnologue).
Dialects are Western Chepang and Eastern Chepang.