Tamang

E237477
Sino-Tibetan language language

Tamang is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken primarily by the Tamang people of Nepal and the Nepali diaspora, including Nepali Americans.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Tamang canonical 10
Eastern Tamang 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sino-Tibetan language ⓘ
language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Gurung language ⓘ
Manangba language ⓘ
Thakali language ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Nepal ⓘ
countryWithSpeakers Bhutan ⓘ
India ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
glottocode tama1366 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Tamang language ⓘ
Tamangic Nepali language ⓘ
hasDialect Tamang self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Tamang

Tamang people ⓘ
surface form: Northern Tamang

Tamang people ⓘ
surface form: Southern Tamang

Tamang people ⓘ
surface form: Western Tamang
hasGrammaticalFeature SOV word order ⓘ
agglutinative morphology ⓘ
ergative alignment ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature complex consonant clusters ⓘ
tonal contrasts ⓘ
ISO639-3Code taj ⓘ
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ
surface form: Sino-Tibetan
linguisticSubgroup Tamangic ⓘ
primaryRegion Bagmati Province ⓘ
Gandaki Province ⓘ
central Nepal ⓘ
regionOfUse Dhading District ⓘ
Kavrepalanchok District ⓘ
Nuwakot District ⓘ
Rasuwa District ⓘ
Sindhupalchok District ⓘ
hills around Kathmandu Valley ⓘ
spokenBy Nepali American ⓘ
surface form: Nepali Americans

Tamang people ⓘ
spokenIn Bhutan ⓘ
India ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ
Nepalese diaspora ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
subfamily Tibeto-Burman languages ⓘ
surface form: Tibeto-Burman
usedFor daily communication ⓘ
folk songs ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ
ritual practices ⓘ
writingSystem Devanagari script ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nepali American → languageSpoken → Tamang ⓘ
Nepali American → hasEthnicOrigin → Tamang ⓘ
Taplejung District → majorEthnicGroups → Tamang ⓘ
Province No. 1, Nepal → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Tamang ⓘ
Sankhuwasabha District → hasEthnicGroup → Tamang ⓘ
Tibeto-Burman languages → includesLanguage → Tamang ⓘ
Solukhumbu District, Nepal → majorEthnicGroup → Tamang ⓘ
subject surface form: Solukhumbu District
Tamang → hasDialect → Tamang self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Tamang
Gurung → hasLanguageContactWith → Tamang ⓘ
Province No. 1 → containsEthnicGroup → Tamang ⓘ
Karnali Province → hasEthnicGroup → Tamang ⓘ