Chamling language

Chamling
Rodong
चाम्लिङ
The word "Chamling" written in Devanagari script
Native toNepal
India (Sikkim, Darjeeling, Kalimpong)
Bhutan (southern areas)
EthnicityRodung Chamling
Native speakers
77,000 in Nepal (2011)[1]
Sino-Tibetan
Devanagari[2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3rab
Glottologcaml1239
ELPCamling
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Chamling is one of the Kirati languages spoken by the Chamling(Rodung) one of the Rai subgroup (Dikhalichha, Mulihachha, Ditumachha, Mansungcha, Lipuhochha, Malekungchha, Maidhung, Kherasung, Rakhomi,Horosungchha etc) of Nepal, India and Bhutan. Alternate renderings and names include Chamling, Chamlinge and Rodong.[1] It is closely related to the Bantawa (some Bantawa-speaking communities call their language "Camling") and Puma languages of the Kiranti language family in eastern Nepal, and it belongs to the broader Sino-Tibetan language family.[3] Chamling has SOV word order.

  1. ^ a b Chamling at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ "Chamling". Ethnologue. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  3. ^ Ethnologue report on Camling