Tamang, Eastern Gorkha
PrintA language of Nepal
ISO 639-3
Population
3,980 (2000).
Location
Gandaki Zone, north Gorkha district, south and east of Jagat.
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Language Status
6a (Vigorous).
Classification
Dialects
Kasigaon, Kerounja. Lexical similarity: 89% with dialects, 76%–77% with Northwestern (Dhading) Tamang [tmk], 77%–79% with Western (Trisuli) Tamang [tdg], 72%-73% with Western (Rasuwa) Tamang [tdg], 70%–73% with Southwestern Tamang [tsf], 63%–73% with Eastern Tamang [taj] dialects (Varenkamp 1996), 50% with Western (Banspur) Gurung [gvr], 31%–37% with Northern [ghh] and Southern Ghale [ghe], 18%–23% with Kuke [ght], 14%–16% with Nubri [kte], Tsum [ttz], and Kyerung (Kyirong) [kgy], 12%–14% with Tibetan [bod] (1992 J. Webster).
Language Development
Literacy rate in L2: Below 10%.
Writing
Devanagari script.
Refer to themselves as Gurung, but recognize their language is different. Traditional religion, Buddhist, Hindu.