Chepangic languages

Chepangic
Geographic distribution:	Nepal
Linguistic classification:	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Magaric ? Chepangic
Subdivisions:	Chepang Bujhyal

The Chepangic languages, Chepang and Bujhyal (perhaps divergent dialects of a single language), are Tibeto-Burman languages of uncertain affiliation spoken in Nepal. They are often classified as part of the Mahakiranti or Magaric families (van Driem 2001).

The Chepang people were until recently hunter-gatherers.

References

• George van Driem (2001) Languages of the Himalayas: An Ethnolinguistic Handbook of the Greater Himalayan Region. Brill.