Tamangic

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Tamangic is a subgroup of Tibeto-Burman languages spoken primarily in Nepal, encompassing the Tamang language and several closely related varieties.

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Tamangic canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf language subgroup
associatedEthnicGroups Gurung people
Manangba people
Tamang people
Thakali people
classificationDebatedBy historical linguists
countryWithMostSpeakers Nepal
geneticClassification Tibeto-Burman
geographicDistribution central Nepal
linked to: Central Nepal

eastern Nepal
western Nepal
hasAlternativeName Tamang-Gurung-Thakali subgroup
Tamangic languages
includesLanguage Chantyal language
Ghale language
Gurung language
Kaike language
Manangba language
linked to: Manang language

Nar-Phu language
linked to: Nar Phu language

Pangvali language
Seke language
Serke language
Syang language
Tamang language
Thakali language
Tibetan Gurung language
linked to: Gurung language
isSubjectOf comparative studies of Tibeto-Burman
languageFamilyStatus proposed subgroup
linguisticFeature case-marking on nouns
complex verbal morphology
postpositions rather than prepositions
majorLanguage Tamang language
partOf Sino-Tibetan language family
region Himalayan region
relatedTo Bodish languages
Kiranti languages
researchField Tibeto-Burman linguistics
spokenIn Bhutan
India
Nepal
subgroupOf Tibeto-Burman languages
typologicalFeature agglutinative morphology
predominantly SOV word order
tone or complex pitch accent in several members
usedBy indigenous communities of Nepal
writingSystem Devanagari (for several languages)
Tibetan script (for some varieties)

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