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CTN ISO 639-3

Chhintang

छिन्ताङ्‎ (Chhintang) Autonym

A language of Nepal

ISO 639
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Alternate Names
Chhintange, Chintang, Chintang Rûng, Teli
Autonym
छिन्ताङ्‎ (Chhintang)
Population
4,720, all users. L1 users: 3,710 (2011 census), decreasing. L2 users: 1,010 (2011 census). No monolinguals. Ethnic population: 5,000.
Location:
Kosi province: Dhankuta district, Khalsa Chhintang Shahidbumi municipality.
Language Status
6b (Threatened). Language of recognized indigenous nationality: Rai.
Classification
Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Western Tibeto-Burman, Himalayan, Kiranti, Eastern
Dialects
Mulgaun, Sambhugaon. Probably not intelligible with Bantawa [bap], but sometimes considered a dialect of it due to reportedly ethnic similarities. Only a few lexical items and grammatical markers are different between the two dialects.
Typology
SOV; postpositions; noun head final; no noun classes or genders; content q-word in situ; up to 4 prefixes (in free order), up to 7 suffixes; clause constituents indicated by case-marking; verbal affixation marks person and number; ergativity; both tense and aspect; no passives or voice; nontonal; 29 consonant and 6 vowel phonemes.
Language Use
Home, religion, work; mixed use: Friends. Some young people, all adults. Neutral attitudes. Most also use Nepali [nep]. Most also use Bantawa [bap].
Language Development
Videos. Dictionary. Grammar. Texts.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Chhintang
Writing
Devanagari script [Deva], recently developed.
Other Comments
Traditional religion, Christian.

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Map

Location: Kosi province: Dhankuta district, Khalsa Chhintang Shahidbumi municipality.