Chintang language explained

Chintang
Nativename:	छिन्ताङ्
Pronunciation:	pronounced as /ctn/
Ethnicity:	5,000 (2011 census?)
Date:	2011 census
Ref:	e18
Familycolor:	Sino-Tibetan
Fam3:	Mahakiranti (?)
Fam5:	Eastern Kiranti
Iso3:	ctn
Glotto:	chhi1245
Glottorefname:	Chintang

Chintang (Chintang: छिन्ताङ् Chintāṅ / Chhintang) is an eastern Kirati language spoken by 5,000 to 6,000 people in Chhintang VDC and Ahale VDC in Dhankuta District, Province No. 1, Nepal. The language has two dialects, Mulgaun and Sambhugaon. Most speakers of Chintang are also fluent speakers of the Indo-European Nepali language, which is the lingua franca of Nepal and the sole language of instruction in school, and the Sino-Tibetan Bantawa language, which is closely related to Chintang.^{[1] [2]} The UNESCO World Atlas of Languages classifies the language as definitely endangered.^[3]

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)
• The Chintang Language Research Project (CLRP)

Notes and References

1. Bickel . Balthasar . Banjade . Goma . Gaenszle . Martin . Lieven . Elena . Paudyal . Netra Prasad . Rai . Ichchha Purna . Rai . Manoj . Rai . Novel Kishore . Stoll . Sabine . 2007 . Free Prefix Ordering in Chintang . Language . 83 . 1 . 43–73 . 0097-8507.
2. Stoll . Sabine . Bickel . Balthasar . Lieven . Elena . Paudyal . Netra P. . Banjade . Goma . Bhatta . Toya N. . Gaenszle . Martin . Pettigrew . Judith . Rai . Ichchha Purna . Rai . Manoj . Rai . Novel Kishore . 2012 . Nouns and verbs in Chintang: children's usage and surrounding adult speech* . Journal of Child Language . en . 39 . 2 . 284–321 . 10.1017/S0305000911000080 . 1469-7602. 10344/3401 . free .
3. Web site: Chintang in Nepal UNESCO WAL . 2023-02-23 . en.wal.unesco.org.