Tichurong

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A language of Nepal

ISO 639-3
tcn
Alternate Names
Ticherong
User Population

2,420 (2000).

Location

Karnali province: Dolpa district, Kaike municipality, north of Thuli Bheri river.

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification
Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Western Tibeto-Burman, Bodish, Central Bodish, Central, gTsang
Dialects

None known. Reportedly similar to Dolpo [dre].

Typology

SOV; postpositions; noun head final.

Language Use

Used by all.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Tichurong
Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].

Other Comments

Culturally distinct from Dolpo. Buddhist.