Sampang language
| Sampang | |
|---|---|
| Region | Nepal |
Native speakers | 18,300 (2011 census)[1] |
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Sino-Tibetan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
rav |
| Glottolog |
samp1249[2] |
Sampang is a subgroup of Rai and belongs to Central Kiranti.
Geographical distribution
Sampang is spoken in the following locations of Nepal (Ethnologue).
- Khotang district, Sagarmatha Zone (Khotang dialect): Tap Khola river villages, Baspani, Khartamcha, Phedi, and Patheka
- Bhojpur District, Kosi Zone: in Okharbote around the Lahure Khola river headwaters
- Syam Khola area: Kimalung, Nigale, Talakharka, and Surke
- Dingla Bazaar: a few elderly speakers use the Phali dialect in Bhojpur District, Kosi Zone
References
- ↑ Sampang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Sampang". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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