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Thulung

A language of Nepal

ISO 639-3: tdh

Population	30,000 in Nepal (2003), decreasing. Population total all countries: 33,310.
Region	Sagarmatha zone, southeast Solukhumbu District, east hills; Okhaldhunga District, 6 or 7 villages; Koshi zone, Bhojpur District, 1 village; west of the slopes’ highest ridges to Dudhkosi, north of Nechedanda and Halesidanda ranges, east of upper Solu River, and south of the Kakukhola and the confluence of Ingkhukhola and Dudhkosi. Also in India.
Language map	Eastern Nepal, reference number 103
Alternate names	Tholong Lo, Thulu Luwa, Thululoa, Thulung Jemu, Thulung La, Thulunge Rai, Toaku Lwa
Dialects	Northern Thulung, Southern Thulung, Central Thulung, Eastern Thulung. Related to Lingkhim [lii], Bahing [bhj], Wambule [wme], Jerung [jee]. High number of cognates with Khaling [klr]. Listed dialects are mutually intelligible although the people themselves don’t refer to these dialect names.
Classification	Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Himalayish, Mahakiranti, Kiranti, Western
Language use	Language retention high compared to other Rai languages (Winter 1991). Home, village, religion. All ages. They do not believe each other’s dialect is ‘pure’ Thulung. Most men also use Nepali [nep].
Language development	Grammar. Bible portions: 2006.
Writing system	Devanagari script.
Comments	Agriculturalists; pastoralists. Kiranti, traditional religion, Hindu.

Also spoken in:

India

Language name	Thulung
Population	3,310 in India (1961 census).
Region	Sikkim; West Bengal, Darjeeling District; Uttar Pradesh.
Alternate names	Thulunge Rai
Comments	Agriculturalists; pastoralists. Hindu.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

CAUGHLEY, Ross C., author. 1996. Review of: The structure of Kiranti languages: comparative grammar and texts, by Karen Ebert.

GLOVER, Warren W.; YADAVA, Yogendra P., editors. 1999. Topics in Nepalese linguistics.

GURUNG, Deepa; MORGAN, Mary M., authors. 2002. "Languages worth writing: endangered languages of Nepal."

Vernacular Publications

cōm da. 2002.

D.u-gwal dungilo ham d.um (Jad raksi khada ke hunchha?) (What does drinking alcohol do?). 2006.

kitab ryaktolo (Kitaab Lekhda) (When writing a book). 2006.

ruk ləstalo (Dadelo janda) (Memory of setting a fire). 2006.