Kutang language

Kutang
Kutang
Kuke
Native to	Nepal
Ethnicity	Tamangs[citation needed]
Native speakers	29 (2011 census)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Tamangic? Ghale Kutang; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ght
Glottolog	kuta1241

Kutang, also known as Kutang Ghale, Kuke, and Kukay, is a minor Tibeto-Burman language of Nepal. Anthropologist Geoff Childs notes that "the term Kukay literally means "Language of Kutang," but it has a double meaning in that the first syllable - ku, for Kutang - is a homonym of the first sylllbe of the Tibetan word for their, kuma. Therefore, Kukay is also interpreted to mean "stolen language," since it incorporates words and phrases from several neighboring languages, including Tibetan."^[2]

Locations

Kutang is spoken in Dyang, Rana, Bihi, Ghap, Chak, Kwak, and Krak villages of Bihi VDC, Gorkha District, Gandaki Province, Nepal (Ethnologue).

Dialects

There are three Kutang dialects, Bihi, Chak, and Rana, which have limited intelligibility. The varieties spoken in Chhak and Kwak villages are reportedly similar to each other, and different from the varieties spoken in all of the other villages.

References

^ Kutang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Childs, Geoff (2004-09-27). Tibetan Diary: From Birth to Death and Beyond in a Himalayan Valley of Nepal. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-24133-6.

[e18-1] Kutang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] Childs, Geoff (2004-09-27). Tibetan Diary: From Birth to Death and Beyond in a Himalayan Valley of Nepal. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-24133-6.

[1]

[2]