Chepangic languages
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| Geographic distribution: | Nepal |
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| Glottolog: | chep1244[1] |
The Chepangic languages, Chepang and Bhujel, are Sino-Tibetan languages of uncertain affiliation spoken in Nepal. They are often classified as part of the Mahakiranti or Magaric families (van Driem 2001).
Until recently, the Chepang people were hunter-gatherers.
References
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Chepangic". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- George van Driem (2001) Languages of the Himalayas: An Ethnolinguistic Handbook of the Greater Himalayan Region. Brill.
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