Tamangic languages

Tamangic
Geographic distribution:	Nepal
Linguistic classification:	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Tibeto-Kanauri Tamangic
Subdivisions:	? Ghale Tamangic proper

The Tamangic languages or TGTM languages are a family of Tibeto-Burman languages spoken in the Himalayas of Nepal.

The languages ar:

Tamang (two divergent varieties, with a million speakers)
Gurung (three varieties with low mutual intelligibility)
Thakali (including the Seke dialect; ethnically Tamang)
the closely related Manang(ba) [Nyishang(ba)], Gyasumdo, and 'Narpa ('Nar-Phu)
Chantyal
the undescribed Kaike.

The Ghale language, spoken by the Ghale people who are ethnically Tamang, seems to be related to Tamangic, but not enough is known about it to be sure.

Classification

Tamangic is united with the Bodish and West Himalayish languages in Bradley's (1997) "Bodish" and Van Driem's (2001) Tibeto-Kanauri.

References

George van Driem (2001) Languages of the Himalayas: An Ethnolinguistic Handbook of the Greater Himalayan Region. Brill.
Georg, Stefan (1996). Marphatan Thakali. Untersuchungen zur Sprache des Dorfes Marpha im Oberen Kali-Gandaki-Tal/Nepal. München: LINCOM EUROPA. ISBN 90-04-09905-0.