Sampang language is a subgroup of Central
Kiranti languages
The Kiranti languages are a major family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in Nepal and India (notably Sikkim, Darjeeling, Kalimpong, and Kumai) by the Kirati people.
External relationships
George van Driem had formerly proposed that the Kir ...
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Geographical distribution
Sampang is spoken in the following locations of Nepal (''
Ethnologue
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Khotang district
Khotang District ( ne, खोटाङ जिल्ला) is one of 14 districts of Province No. 1 of eastern Nepal. The district, with Diktel as its district headquarters, covers an area of and has a population (2021) of 206,312.[Province No. 1
Province No. 1 (proposed names: Kirat, Limbuwan, Khambuwan, Sagarmatha, Birat and Koshi) is the easternmost of the seven provinces established by the new constitution of Nepal which was adopted on 20 September 2015. The province covers an ...]
(Khotang dialect): Tap Khola river villages, Baspani, Khartamcha, Phedi, and Patheka
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Bhojpur District,
Province No. 1
Province No. 1 (proposed names: Kirat, Limbuwan, Khambuwan, Sagarmatha, Birat and Koshi) is the easternmost of the seven provinces established by the new constitution of Nepal which was adopted on 20 September 2015. The province covers an ...
: in Okharbote around the Lahure Khola river headwaters
*Syam Khola area: Kimalung, Nigale, Talakharka, and Surke
*Dingla Bazaar: a few elderly speakers use the Phali dialect in
Bhojpur District,
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 ...
Sampang language
The different branch of Sampang people
# Rana Sampang
# Samaru Sampang
# Bhalu Sampang
# Wakchalee Sampang
# Repsona Sampang
# Rangkham Sampang
# Rodu sampang
# Herang Sampang
# Maremlung Sampang
# Damrewa Sampang
# Bali Sampang
#samring sampang
References
Languages of Nepal
Kiranti languages
Languages of Province No. 1
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