Chintang language

Chintang (Chintang: छिन्ताङ् Chintāṅ / Chhintang) is an eastern Kirati language spoken by 5,000 to 6,000 people in Chhintang VDC and Ahale VDC in Dhankuta District, Province No. 1, Nepal. The language has two dialects, Mulgaun and Sambhugaon.^[2] Most speakers of Chintang are also fluent speakers of the Indo-European Nepali language, which is the lingua franca of Nepal and the sole language of instruction in school, and the Sino-Tibetan , which is closely related to Chintang.^[3][4] The UNESCO World Atlas of Languages classifies the language as definitely endangered.^[5]

Chintang
छिन्ताङ्
Pronunciation	[ˈtsʰintaːŋ]
Region	Dhankuta District, Nepal
Ethnicity	5,000 (2011 census?)[1]
Native speakers	3,700 (2011 census)[2]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Mahakiranti (?) Kiranti languages Eastern Kiranti Chintang
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ctn
Glottolog	chhi1245
ELP	Chhintange