Tilung language

Tilung
Tilung
तिलुङ
Native to	Nepal
Region	Sagarmatha Zone
Native speakers	20 (2015)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Mahakiranti (?) Kiranti Central or Western (?) Tilung; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Choskule; Dorungkecha; Tilung proper;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tij
Glottolog	tilu1238
ELP	Tilung

Tilung (Nepali: तिलुङ) is a moribund Kiranti language spoken in Nepal. According to Opgenort (2011, 2013), Tilung occupies an independent position within the Kiranti language family, and can be placed roughly between the Western languages Thulung, Khaling and Dumi, on the one side, and the Southern Central Kiranti languages Kulung, Chamling and Bantawa, on the other. Even though Tilung is spoken directly to the south of the Wambule speaking area, Tilung and Wambule are not mutually intelligible. The Choskule and Dorungkecha "dialects" may be related languages.

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