Rongpo language

Rangpo
Native to	India
Region	Uttarakhand
Native speakers	7,500 (2001)[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Kanauri ? West Himalayish Rangpo–Almora Rangpo; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	rnp
Glottolog	rong1264[2]

Rongpo or Rangpo is a West Himalayish language spoken in Uttarakhand, India.

Geographical distribution

Rongpo is spoken in the following locations of Uttarakhand, India (Ethnologue).

Niti Valley, Joshimath tehsil, Chamoli District, Garhwal Division, Uttarakhand (in Niti, Gamshali, Bampa, and Malari villages)
Mana valley, Chamoli District, Garhwal Division, Uttarakhand: Mana, Indradhara, Gajkoti, Pathiya-Dhantoli, Hanuman Chatti, Benakuli, and Aut.

The Marchha dialect is spoken in Mana and Niti valleys. There are a few Tolchha dialect speakers in Niti valley.

Rangpo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Rongpo". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

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