Chintang
Chintang is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Nepal. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Chintang (Chintang: छिन्ताङ् Chintāṅ / Chhintang) is an eastern Kirati language spoken by 5,000 to 6,000 people in Chhintang VDC and Ahale VDC in Dhankuta District, Province No. 1, Nepal. The language has two dialects, Mulgaun and Sambhugaon. Most speakers of Chintang are also fluent in the Indo-European Nepali language, which is the lingua franca of Nepal and the sole language of instruction in school, and the Sino-Tibetan Bantawa language, which is closely related to Chintang. The UNESCO World Atlas of Languages classifies the language as definitely endangered.
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Words in Chintang
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | ma7mi* | |
| name | n3N* | |
| eye | m3k* | |
| ear | narek* | |
| nose | nari* | |
| tooth | keN* | |
| tongue | lem* | |
| hand | muk* | |
| blood | hali* | |
| bone | saru7wE* | |
| skin | hokwa* | |
| knee | ghudE* | |
| liver | som* | |
| water | cuwa* | |
| fire | mi* | |
| sun | nam* | |
| star | cokcuNgi* | |
| stone | luNtak* | |
| mountain | b3r3* | |
| tree | s3NtaN* | |
| leaf | laphok* | |
| night | sendu* | |
| dog | kocuwa* | |
| fish | NEssE* | |
| louse | s3k* | |
| one | thitta* | |
| two | hice* | |
| I | akka* | |
| you | hana* | |
| we | ani* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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