Chepangic languages

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Chepangic
Geographic
distribution:
Nepal
Linguistic classification: Sino-Tibetan
Subdivisions:
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

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  • George van Driem (2001) Languages of the Himalayas: An Ethnolinguistic Handbook of the Greater Himalayan Region. Brill.


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