Yamphu | |
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Region | Nepal |
Native speakers
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9,200 (2011 census) 2,500 Southern Yamphu (2011) presumably covered in census figure |
Sino-Tibetan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
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Glottolog | yamp1244 |
Yamphu is a Kiranti language spoken by the Yamphu, a Kiranti people of the Himalayas of Nepal. Tomyang (Chongka) is a recently discovered dialect spoken by only 20 people. Both it and Yamphe are distinct. Southern Yamphu is also considered to be Southern Lorung. These varieties are all closely related.
Yamphu is spoken in the following locations of Nepal (Ethnologue).