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Name: Kulung

Type: Language

Alternate Names: Rai; Khulunge Rai; Kulu Ring; Khulung; Kholung; Khambu; Jindā; Kulunge; Sangpang

Spoken in: Nepal, India

Number of speakers: 18,700 in Nepal (2001 census) (Ethnologue)

Number of speakers: 18686 (UNESCO)

Number of speakers: 18686 (World Oral Literature Project)

Code: kle

Code Standard: ISO 639-3

Documentation: SIL

Families: Sino-Tibetan

Parent Subgroup: Eastern; Bontawa Unit; Eastern Kiranti (ekir)

Child Dialects: Pidisoi (kle-pid) Tamachhang (kle-tam) Chhapkoa (kle-chh) Mahakulung (kle-mah) Pelmung (kle-pel) Sotang; Sotaring; Sottaring; Sotange (kle-sot) Khambu; Khambū; Sangpang; Kirantī; Kulung; Khambu of Darjeeling district; Nōlōkh Kirant; Khambu of Further Kirant; Pallo Kirant; Khambu of Hither Kirant; Wallo Kirant; Khambu of the Middle Kirant; Mãjh (kle-kha) Namlung (kle-nam)

Endangerment Status

UNESCO Status: Vulnerable

Ethnologue Status: Not listed

Sutherland's Red List: Not listed

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