Dungmali language

Dungmali
Arthare
Native to	Nepal
Region	Koshi Zone
Ethnicity	10,000 Kiranti people (2011 census?)^[1]
Native speakers	6,300 (2011 census)^[2]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Mahakiranti ? Kiranti Central Southern Dungmali
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`raa`
Glottolog	`dung1252`^[3]

Dungmali, or Dungmali-Bantawa, is a Kiranti language spoken in Nepal. It is largely cognate with Bantawa, but differs grammatically and phonologically.

References

↑ Dungmali language at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
↑ Dungmali at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Dungmali". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Kiranti languages

Western	Thulung Wambule Jerung Khaling Dumi Koi Bahing Sunwar Vayu Tilung

Central	Kulung Nachhiring Sampang Saam Bantawa Puma Chamling Dungmali

Eastern	Yakkha Lumba-Yakkha Lambichhong Belhare Athpare Chintang Chulung Yamphu Lohorung Mewahang Waling? Limbu

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