Angika |
Awadhi |
Bahing |
Bantawa |
Baraamu |
Bhojpuri |
Chukwa |
Darai |
Darmiya |
Dhimal |
Dzongkha |
Helambu Sherpa | Jerung | Jirel |
Kagate |
Limbu |
Magar, Western |
Maithili |
Majhi |
Manangba |
Mugali |
Mustang |
Sherpa |
Tamang
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Thudam
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Thulung
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Thulung
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| Indigenous Group |
Thulung (Also known as: Thulunge Rai, Thulu Luwa, Thululoa, Thulung La, Tholong Lo, Thulung Jemu, Toaku Lwa, Sub-Group of the Rai).
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| Location |
Nepal, Sagarmatha Zone, Southeast Solukhumbu District, Eastern Hills;
6 to 7 villages in Okhaldhunga District; Bhojpur District, Koshi Zone; West of Dudhkosi, Northern Nechedanda and Halesidanda Ranges, Eastern Upper Solu River, Southern Kakukhola and the confluence of Ingkhukhola and Dudhkosi.
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| Estimated Population |
30,000 (2003,
SIL International) |
| Environment |
Mountain
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| Lifestyle |
Sedentary
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| Subsistence |
Agriculture / Animal Husbandry
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| Level of Assimilation |
Fairly Traditional
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| Language Family |
Thulung
Classification:
Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman, Himalayish, Mahakiranti, Kiranti, Western, Rai.
Alternate Names:
Thulu Luwa, Thlung La, Thululoa, Thulunge Rai, Thlong Lo, Thlung Jemu, Thoaku Lwa.
Dialects:
Lannachyo, Northern Thulung, Southern Thulung, Central Thulung, Eastern Thulung. Related to Lingkhim. Related to Bahing, Wambule, Jerung. |
| Website URLs |
Ethnologue: Thulung, A Language of Nepal
Nepal Ethnographic Museum
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| NGOs |
None found. |
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