Chepang
Chepang is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Nepal, by about 36.8 thousand people. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Chepang is a language spoken by approximately 59,000 people in South-Central Nepal. The people are known as Chepang. In 2003, Randy LaPolla proposed that the Chepang may be part of a larger "Rung" group. Another group who speaks Chepang, living across the Gandaki river, call themselves Bujheli.
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Words in Chepang
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | मेङ् | meng |
| eye | मीक् | mik |
| ear | नो | |
| nose | नेह् | |
| tooth | साय्क् | |
| tongue | ले | |
| heart | ल्हुङ् | |
| head | तालाङ् | |
| blood | वयः | |
| knee | क्य्रोङः | |
| breast | ङु | |
| liver | सीन्ह् | |
| water | तीः | tiʔ |
| fire | म्हेः | |
| wind | मारुः | |
| river | मातीः | |
| tree | सीङः | sing' |
| dog | कुयः | |
| cat | पुसेः | |
| fish | ङाः | |
| bird | वाः | |
| pig | प्याक् | |
| snake | रु | ru |
| louse | क्रास् | |
| one | यात् | yat |
| two | नीस् | nis |
| three | सुम् | sum |
| four | प्लय् | play |
| five | पोङा | ponga |
| die | सीसा |
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- BujhyalSino-Tibetan70% alike
- Western MagarSino-Tibetan30% alike
- Bualkhaw ChinSino-Tibetan29% alike
- JirelSino-Tibetan27% alike
- Tedim ChinSino-Tibetan26% alike
- HmarSino-Tibetan26% alike
Grammar
- ThurawalPama-Nyungan89% alike
- Southern GhaleSino-Tibetan85% alike
- BadagaDravidian85% alike
- MalavedanDravidian85% alike
- Woiwurrung-ThagungwurrungPama-Nyungan85% alike
- GurungSino-Tibetan84% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
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