Kutang language
Kutang, also known as Kutang Ghale and Kuke, is a minor Tibeto-Burman language of Nepal.
| Kutang | |
|---|---|
| Kuke | |
| Native to | Nepal |
| Ethnicity | Tamang people |
Native speakers | 29 (2011 census)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ght |
| Glottolog | kuta1241[2] |
Locations
Kutang is spoken in Dyang, Rana, Bihi, Ghap, Chak, Kwak, and Krak villages of Bihi VDC, Gorkha District, Gandaki Zone, Nepal (Ethnologue).
Dialects
There are three Kutang dialects, Bihi, Chak, and Rana, which have limited intelligibility. The varieties spoken in Chhak and Kwak villages are reportedly similar to each other, and different from the varieties spoken in all of the other villages.
gollark: I'm glad I only make hobby projects nobody ever uses now!
gollark: As someone who does not actually work anywhere, no.
gollark: I see.
gollark: Well, there *is*, given the fact that there is nobody else.
gollark: It may be more accurate to say "if many people think so" because single people can be very loud.
References
- Kutang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Kutang Ghale". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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