Yamphu language is a Kirati language spoken by the Kirat Yamphu people, a

Kirati people The Kirati people, also spelled as Kirant or Kiranti, are a Sino-Tibetan ethnic group. They are peoples of the Himalayas, mostly the Eastern Himalaya extending eastward from Nepal to North East India (predominantly in the Indian state of Sikkim ...

of the Himalayas of Nepal. Tomyang (Chongka) is a recently discovered dialect spoken by only 20 people. Both it and Yamphe are distinct. Southern Yamphu is also considered to be Southern Kirat Lorung language. These varieties are all closely related.

Geographical distribution

Yamphu is spoken in the following locations of Nepal: *

Sankhuwasabha District Sankhuwasabha District ( ne, सङ्खुवासभा जिल्ला ) is one of 14 districts of Province No. 1 of eastern Nepal. The district's area is 3,480 km2 with a population of 159,203 in 2001 and 158,742 in 2011 ...

Kosi Zone Kosi or Koshi ( ne, कोसी अञ्चल, ne, कोशी अञ्चल ) was one of the fourteen zones of Nepal until the restructure of zones to provinces. The headquarters of Kosi Zone was Biratnagar which was also its largest cit ...

: Hedangna, Num, Seduwa, Peppuwa, Mangsimma, Karmarang, Tungkhaling, Uwa, Ala, Uling, and Walung villages * Matsya Pokhari VDC, located in the upper

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valley in the Eastern hills; extreme north Lorung area, directly southwest of the Jaljale Mountains * Bhojpur District,

* Ilam district: Fikkal, Kolbung, Panchakanya, Jitpur, Danabari, Mahamai (VDCs)]. *

Jhapa district Jhapa ( ne, झापा जिल्ला; ) is a district of Province No. 1 in eastern Nepal named after a Rajbanshi word "Jhapa" meaning "to cover" (verb). The latest official data, the 2021 Nepal Census, puts the total population of the d ...

, Morang and Sunsari * Darijiling, Sikkim, Silong, Meghalaya, Misoram, Barma, Bhutan and Thailand (Officially recorded) * However, Yamphu are dispersed all over the world including USA, Europe, South America, Africa and other continent of the world.

References

Sources

* Rutgers, Roland (1998). ''Yamphu: Grammar, Texts & Lexicon''. Leiden: Research School CNWS. – Kiranti languages Languages of Nepal Languages of Koshi Province {{st-lang-stub