Kulung language (Nepal)

Kulung
kulu riŋ
Native toNepal and India (Sikkim, Darjeeling, Kalimpong)
Native speakers
33,000 (2011 census)[1]
Dialects
  • Chukwa
Language codes
ISO 639-3kle – inclusive code
Individual code:
cuw – Chukwa
Glottologkulu1253  Kulung
chuk1270  Chukwa
ELPKulung (Nepal)
 Chukwa[2]

Kulung (autonym: Kulu riŋ, [kulu rɪŋ]) is one of the Kiranti languages. It is spoken by an estimated 33,000 people. Van Driem (2001) includes Chukwa as a dialect.

  1. ^ Kulung at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Chukwa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Endangered Languages Project data for Chukwa.