Wambule language

Wambule
Chourase
वाम्बुले
RegionNepal
Native speakers
14,000 (2011 census)[1]
Sino-Tibetan
Language codes
ISO 639-3wme
Glottologwamb1257
ELPWambule

Wambule (/ˈwɑːmbl/; Nepali: वाम्बुले, romanized: Vāmbulē) is a Kiranti language language spoken by the Wambule Rai, one of the Rai groups belonging to the Kiranti (किरान्ती) ethnolinguistic family of eastern Nepal. Wambule is spoken by more than 5000 people living around the confluence of the Sunkosi (सुनकोसी) and Dudhkosi (दूधकोसी) rivers near Kui-Bhir Hill. The Wambule-speaking area comprises the southernmost part of Okhaldhunga district, the westernmost part of Khotang district, the northernmost part of Udayapur district, and the northeasternmost part of Sindhuli district.

  1. ^ Wambule at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon