Chintang language

Chintang (Chintang: छिन्ताङ् Chintāṅ / Chhintang) is an eastern Kirati languages language spoken by 5,000 to 6,000 people in Chhintang and Ahale VDC's of Dhankuta District, Province No. 1, Nepal. Dialects are Mulgaun and Sambhugaon.^[2]

Chintang
छिन्ताङ्
Pronunciation	[ˈtsʰintaːŋ]
Region	Dhankuta District, Nepal
Ethnicity	5,000 (2011 census?)^[1]
Native speakers	3,700 (2011 census)^[2]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Mahakiranti ? Kirati languages Eastern Kiranti Chintang
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ctn
Glottolog	chhi1245
ELP	Chhintange

References

1. Chintang language at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)  
2. Chintang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

Bibliography

Bickel, Balthasar, G. Banjade, M. Gaenszle, E. Lieven, N. P. Paudyal (2007). Free prefix ordering in Chintang. Language, 83 (1), 43–73.

External links

• The Chintang and Puma Documentation Project (DoBeS)