Chhantyal is spoken by approximately 2,000 of the 10,000 ethnic
Chhantyal Chhantyal ( bo, छन्त्याल) is an indigenous peoples of Nepal. Chhantyals are considered an indigenous group by the Government of Nepal. Most of the Chhantyal dwellings are concentrated in the western part of the country. Baglung a ...
in
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is ma ...
. Chhantyal is spoken in the
Kali Gandaki River
The Gandaki River, also known as the Narayani and the Gandak, is one of the major rivers in Nepal and a left bank tributary of the Ganges in India. Its total catchment area amounts to , most of it in Nepal. In the Nepal Himalayas, it is not ...
valley of
Myagdi District
Myagdi District ( ne, म्याग्दी जिल्ला ), a part of Gandaki Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Beni as its district headquarters, covers an area of , had a population of 114,447 ...
; there are also ethnic Chantel in
Baglung District
Baglung District ( ne, बागलुङ जिल्ला ), a part of Gandaki Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Baglung as its district headquarters, covers an area of and has a population (2011) o ...
(''Ethnologue'').
The Chhantyal language is a member of the
Tamangic group (along with Gurung, Thakali, Manangba,
Nar-Phu and Tamang) of the
Sino-Tibetan family. Within its group, it is lexically and grammatically closest to
Thakali.
References
External links
The Chantyal language and peopleThe Chantyal language
by Michael Noonan
The fall and rise and fall of the Chantyal language
by Michael Noonan
Languages of Nepal
Tamangic languages
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