Tamang, Northwestern
A language of Nepal
| Population | 55,000 (1991 census). |
| Region | Bagmati zone, Nuwakot District, central mountainous strip. Migrations to the Terai. |
| Language map |
Western Nepal, reference number 78 |
| Dialects | Dhading. Lexical similarity: 94% with Western Trisuli Tamang [tdg], 82%–83% with Western Rasuwa Tamang [tdg], 76%–78% with Southwestern Tamang [tsf], 76%–77% with Eastern Gorkha Tamang [tge], 72%–80% with Eastern Tamang [taj]. |
| Classification | Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Himalayish, Tibeto-Kanauri, Tibetic, Tamangic |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L1: 1%–10%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–75%. |
| Comments | Tamang recognized as an official nationality. SOV; postpositions; genitives after noun head; relatives before noun head; question word medial; CV, CVC, CCV, V, CCVC, CVCCC; tonal. Swidden and peasant agriculturalists. Traditional religion, Buddhist, Hindu. |
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