Back तामाङ भाषा AWA तामाङ भाषा DTY Tamang Finnish तामाङ भाषा Hindi Tamang bhasa HIF タマン語 Japanese 타망어 Korean तामाङ भाषा MAI Таманшки јазик Macedonian तामाङ भाषा Nepali
| Tamang | |
|---|---|
| तामाङ, རྟ་དམག་ / རྟ་མང་/ | |
| Native to | Nepal India Bhutan |
| Ethnicity | Tamang/Moormi |
Native speakers | 1.4 million in Nepal (2021 census)[1] 20,154 in India (2011 census)[2] |
| Tamyig script, Devanagari, Tibetan | |
| Official status | |
Official language in |  Nepal
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:taj – Eastern Tamangtdg – Western Tamangtge – Eastern Gorkha Tamang |
| Glottolog | nucl1729 |
Tamang (Devanagari: तामाङ; tāmāng) is a term used to collectively refer to a dialect cluster spoken mainly in Nepal, Sikkim, West Bengal (Darjeeling) and North-Eastern India. It comprises Eastern Tamang, Northwestern Tamang, Southwestern Tamang, Eastern Gorkha Tamang, and Western Tamang. Lexical similarity between Eastern Tamang (which is regarded as the most prominent) and other Tamang languages varies between 81% and 63%. For comparison, lexical similarity between Spanish and Portuguese, is estimated at 89%.[4]
- ^ Eastern Tamang at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)
Western Tamang at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)
Eastern Gorkha Tamang at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)
- ^ "Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
- ^ "50th Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). 16 July 2014. p. 109. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 January 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
- ^ Ethnologue report for Spanish
