Lohorung language

Lohorung
Loharung
Native to Nepal
Region Koshi Zone
Ethnicity Lohorung (Rai)
Native speakers
6,200 with Southern Yamphu  (2011)[1]
Sino-Tibetan
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Either:
lbr  Northern
lrr  Southern
Glottolog nort2727  (Northern)[2]
sout2734  (Southern)[3]

Lohorung, or Lorung, is a Kiranti language of eastern Nepal. It has been described by George van Driem.

Southern Lorung is also considered to be Southern Yamphu. These varieties are all closely related.

References

  1. Northern at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Southern at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Northern Lorung". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  3. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Southern Lorung". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

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