Chintang language

Chintang
छिन्ताङ्
Pronunciation	[ˈtsʰintaːŋ]
Spoken in	Dhankuta District, Nepal
Native speakers	~5,000  (date missing)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Mahakiranti Kiranti Eastern Kiranti Chintang
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ctn

Chintang (Chintang: छिन्ताङ् Chintāṅ), also called Chhintang is an eastern Kiranti language spoken by 5,000 to 6,000 people in Chintang Village Development Committee (VDC) in Dhankuta District, Koshi Zone, Nepal.

References

Bickel, Balthasar, G. Banjade, M. Gaenszle, E. Lieven, N. P. Paudyal, & I. Purna Rai et al. (2007). Free prefix ordering in Chintang. Language, 83 (1), 43–73.

External links

• Ethnologue report on Chintang
• The Chintang and Puma Documentation Project (DoBeS)