| Tilung | |
|---|---|
| तिलुङ | |
| Native to | Nepal |
| Region | Sagarmatha Zone |
Native speakers | 20 (2015)[1] |
Sino-Tibetan
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| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | tij |
| Glottolog | tilu1238 |
| ELP | Tilung |
Tilung (Nepali: तिलुङ) is a moribund Kiranti language spoken in Nepal. According to Opgenort (2011, 2013), Tilung occupies an independent position within the Kiranti language family, and can be placed roughly between the Western languages Thulung, Khaling and Dumi, on the one side, and the Southern Central Kiranti languages Kulung, Chamling and Bantawa, on the other. Even though Tilung is spoken directly to the south of the Wambule speaking area, Tilung and Wambule are not mutually intelligible. The Choskule and Dorungkecha "dialects" may be related languages.[1]
- ^ a b Tilung at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
