Also Known As:
Yakthung Pan, Limbo, Lumbu, Tsong, Chang, Monpa, Subah, Suffah. Yakthūngbā
Dialects & Varieties
- Panthare
- Taplejunge
- Chattare
- Phedappe
- Chaubise
South Asia and the Middle East
Driem, George Van. 2007. "South Asia and the Middle East." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by Christopher Mosely. 289-348. London and NewYork: Routledge.
Threatened
60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
300,000
Native Speakers Worldwide
Transmission
Transmission 3
Some adults in the community are speakers, but the language is not spoken by children.
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Speakers
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Location and Context
Countries
Nepal; India
Location Description
Eastern Nepal and Western Sikkim
Government Support
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Other Languages Used By The Community
None
Number of Other Language Speakers:
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Domains of Other Languages:
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Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Recent Resources
Language Documentation, Research, and Archiving
Language in Society
In this talk on January 22, 2022, Dr. Prem Phyak (Chinese University of Hong Kong) discusses his work in language revitalization, sociolinguistics, and language advocacy in Nepal, especially with his own Indigenous language, Limbu/Yakthung.
Kirat or Kirati (also spelled as Kirant and Kiranti) are indigenous ethnic groups of the Himalayas (
