Tichurong | |
States: | Nepal |
Date: | 2000 |
Ref: | e25 |
Familycolor: | Sino-Tibetan |
Fam1: | Sino-Tibetan |
Fam2: | Tibeto-Burman |
Fam3: | Tibeto-Kanauri |
Fam4: | Bodish |
Fam5: | Tibetic |
Fam6: | Central Tibetan |
Iso3: | tcn |
Glotto: | tich1238 |
Glottorefname: | Tichurong |
Script: | None |
Fam7: | Dolpo-Tichurong |
Tichurong or Tichyurong,[1] also known as Tichurongke, is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the Magar people in the Tichurong valley of Karnali Province, specifically in the Dolpa district, in western Nepal.
It is spoken in the villages of Gumbatara, Gufa, Rukha, Kola, Tachin, Khani, Khani Gumba, Namdel, Baijibara, Syala, Vyas, Banthada, Chilpara, Dharapani and Lawan. As of 2000, the language was spoken by 2,420 individuals.