Tamang language

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Tamang language is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken primarily by the Tamang people of Nepal and surrounding regions.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Tamang language canonical 16
Tamang language (locally) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sino-Tibetan language
language
closelyRelatedTo Gurung language
Manangba language
Thakali language
country Bhutan
India
Nepal
countryOfficialStatus recognized language of Nepal (as mother tongue in census)
endangermentStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroup Tamang people
family Sino-Tibetan language family
glottocode tama1363
glottologName Tamang
hasAlternativeName Tamang (Nepal)
linked to: Tamang

Tamangic
hasDialect Eastern Gorkha Tamang
linked to: Tamang people

Eastern Tamang
Kathmandu Valley Tamang
Nuwakot Tamang
Rasuwa Tamang
Sindhupalchok Tamang
Western Gorkha Tamang
linked to: Tamang people

Western Tamang
hasLoanwordsFrom Nepali language
linked to: Nepali

Sanskrit
Tibetan language
hasPhonologicalFeature complex consonant clusters
contrastive vowel length
tone
influencedBy Nepali language
iso639-3 taj
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan
neighboringLanguage Nepali language
linked to: Nepali
primaryUse daily communication
folk songs
oral tradition
rituals
region central Nepal
eastern Nepal
western Nepal
script Devanagari script
spokenBy Tamang people
spokenIn Bhutan
India
Nepal
subfamily Tibeto-Burman
subgroup Tamangic languages
writingSystem Devanagari
linked to: Devanagari script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tamang hasAlternativeName Tamang language
Nepali people otherLanguage Tamang language
Sindhupalchok District hasLanguage Tamang language
Rasuwa District hasLanguage Tamang language
Nuwakot District hasMajorLanguage Tamang language
Magaric languages hasMemberLanguage Tamang language
Tamangic languages hasMember Tamang language
Gurung language closelyRelatedTo Tamang language
Lamjung District localLanguages Tamang language
Arughat Bazaar languageUsed Tamang language (locally)
linked to: Tamang language
Nepalese diaspora hasLanguage Tamang language
Tamang people language Tamang language
Tamangic includesLanguage Tamang language
Tamangic majorLanguage Tamang language
Tamu Kyi closelyRelatedTo Tamang language
Mid-Hills of Nepal hasLanguage Tamang language
Helambu languageSpoken Tamang language