Chamling language

Chamling
Chamling
Rodong
चाम्लिङ
	The word "Chamling" written in Devanagari script
Native to	Nepal; India (Sikkim, Darjeeling, Kalimpong); Bhutan (southern areas)
Ethnicity	Rodung Chamling
Native speakers	77,000 in Nepal (2011)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Mahakiranti (?) Kiranti Central Kiranti Southern Chamling; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Devanagari
Language codes
ISO 639-3	rab
Glottolog	caml1239
ELP	Camling
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Chamling is one of the Kirati languages spoken by the Chamling (Dikhalichha, Mulihachha, Ditumachha, Mansungcha, Lipungchha, Malekungchha, Maidhung, kherasung, Rakhomi, Rodung, etc) of Nepal, India and Bhutan. Alternate renderings and names include Chamling, Chamlinge and Rodong.^[1] It is closely related to the Bantawa (some Bantawa-speaking communities call their language "Camling") and Puma languages of the Kiranti language family in eastern Nepal, and it belongs to the broader Sino-Tibetan language family.^[3] Chamling has SOV word order.

^ ^a ^b Chamling at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ "Chamling". Ethnologue. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
^ Ethnologue report on Camling

[e18-1] Chamling at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] "Chamling". Ethnologue. Retrieved 20 September 2020.

[E-3] Ethnologue report on Camling

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