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Preferred term

rabCamling  

Type

  • language

Definition

  • The Camling or Chamling language is one of the Kiranti languages spoken by the Kiranti and Rai peoples of eastern Nepal. Alternate names include Chamling, Chamlinge Rai and Rodong (which means "Kiranti"). It is closely related to the Bantawa (some Bantawa-speaking communities call their language "Camling") and Puma languages of the Kiranti language family in eastern Nepal, and it belongs to the broader Sino-Tibetan language family. Important versions of the Mundhum — the main scripture forming the religious foundation of the Kiranti Mundhum religion and the cultural heritage of the various Kiranti tribes — are composed in Camling; such versions are distinctive to the Camling-speaking tribes and a guide to their distinctive religious practices and cultural identity.

Entry terms

  • Camling language

ISO 639-3 code

  • rab

nearly same as

In other languages

  • Tchamlingeg

    Breton

  • Camling jezik

    Croatian

  • Camlingish

    Manx

  • Lenga Camling

    Piedmontese

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/rab

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