Jerung language explained

Jerung
Ethnicity:kirati Jerung
Date:2011 census
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Sino-Tibetan
Fam3:Mahakiranti (?)
Fam5:Western
Fam6:Chaurasiya
Iso3:jee
Glotto:jeru1240
Glottorefname:Jerung

Jerung or Jero is a moribund Kiranti language spoken in Nepal. The native language consultants whom Opgenort (2005) consulted, preferred the term ‘Jero’ to designate the language. The term ‘Jerung’, by contrast, is a toponym used in the names of several villages within the language area as well as the name of a village in the Wambule-speaking area. The Jerung language is mutually intelligible with Wambule. Jerung is spoken by more than 2,000 people living in Okhalḍhuṅgā and Sindhulī districts of eastern Nepal. Gerd Hanßon (1991) claims that there are three to four dialects of Jerung: Madhavpur, Balkhu-Sisneri, and Ratnawati (Sindhuli). However, according to Opgenort's (2005) consultants, there are only two major dialects: a northern dialect, which is spoken in Okhaldhunga District (ओखलढुङ्गा), and a southern dialect, which is spoken in Sindhuli District (सिनधुली).

Geographical distribution

Jerung is spoken in the following locations of Nepal (Ethnologue).

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