Manange

Facts

  • Language: Manange
  • Alternate names: Manang, Manangba, Ngyeshang
  • Language code: nmm
  • Language family: Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Western Tibeto-Burman, Bodish, West Bodish, Gurung-Tamang, Gurungic (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: ~3,000
  • Vulnerability: Threatened
  • Script: Unwritten.

More information:

    Language has Tibetan influence. Most speakers have the surname Gurung or Ghale, but they do not claim to be a part of these distinct ethnolinguistic groups. Buddhist.

    Manange is spoken in Nepal, South Asia.