ISO 639-3 · cdmcdm
Sino-Tibetan family
Chepang
Chepang is a language of the Magaric branch (Sino-Tibetan), spoken in Nepal. Wikidata counts about 36,807 speakers (2001).
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
cdm- Glottocode
chep1245- Family
- Sino-Tibetan
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- UNESCO
- Vulnerable
- Wikipedia
- 13 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
4levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Chepang |
|---|---|
| Also called | Chepang language |
| All speakers | 36,807 (2001) |
Vitality
EGIDS 6b Threatened6b
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Vulnerable
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Sino-Tibetan to Chepang
The branches above Chepang, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Nepal
hinHindiIndo-European · 615.3 m1 · NationalbhoBhojpuriIndo-European · 52.2 m4 · EducationalmaiMaithiliIndo-European · 34.1 m2 · ProvincialnepNepaliIndo-European · 24.1 m1 · NationalawaAwadhiIndo-European · 22 m5 · DevelopingmwrMarwariIndo-European · 13 mrwrMarwariIndo-European · 7.9 m5 · DevelopingsatSantaliAustroasiatic · 7.2 m4 · EducationalsckNagpuriIndo-European · 7 m3 · Wider CommunicationbodTibetanunclassified · 1.2 m2 · Provincial