Endangered Languages Project - Kulung (Nepal)

Kulung (Nepal)

^{[aka Rai, Khulunge Rai, Kulu Ring]}

Classification: Sino-Tibetan

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threatened

ALSO KNOWN AS		Rai, Khulunge Rai, Kulu Ring, Khulung, Kholung, Khambu, Jindā
CLASSIFICATION		Sino-Tibetan, Kiranti
ORTHOGRAPHY		Devanagari
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		kle
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Pidisoi Tamachhang Chhapkoa Mahakulung Pelmung Sotang Khambu Namlung
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 17th Edition (2013)” . Paul M. Lewis; Gary F. Simons; and Charles D. Fennig · Dallas, Texas: SIL International

Threatened

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
33,200
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2011 (census data)

DOMAINS OF USE
TRANSMISSION
SPEAKER ATTITUDE: positive
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: high motivation for literacy
Scripts (Writing system): Devanagari

PLACES: Nepal

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Sagarmatha Zone, Solukhumbu district, in Hungu river valley, Bung, Pelmang, Chhemsing, Chheskam, Lucham, Chachalung, Satdi, Gudel, Namlung, Sotang, and Chekma villages; Kosi Zone, Sankhuwasabha district, Mangtewa, Yaphu, and Seduwa VDCs; Bhojpur district, Phedi, Limkhim, Khartanga, and Wasepla VDCs.

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~15,000
Native speakers worldwide

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Nepal

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Solukhumbu and Sankhuva Sabha

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
33,135
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2011 (census data)

PLACES: Nepal

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
15,000
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1990s

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
Scripts (Writing system): Devanagari

PLACES: Nepal

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: along the upper reaches of the Hungu or Hongu river, in Solu Khumbu district of Sagaramāthā zone in eastern Nepal

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: the main Kulung-speaking villages are Chemsīn and Cheskām

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Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press