Chepang language

Chepang
च्योःबाङ्
The word "Chepang" written in Devanagari script
Region	Nepal
Ethnicity	Chepang
Native speakers	59,000 (2021 census)[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Chepangic Chepang
Writing system	Devanagari
Language codes
ISO 639-3	cdm
Glottolog	chep1245
ELP	Chepang
Chepang is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Chepang is a language spoken by approximately 59,000 people in South-Central Nepal.^[1] The people are known as Chepang. Randy LaPolla (2003) proposes that Chepang may be part of a larger "Rung" group. Another group who speaks Chepang, living across the Narayani river, call themselves Bujheli.